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Charles A. Lindbergh

rica he was greeted as a hero. He gained a commission as a colonel in the U. S. Air Service Reserve and served as a technical adviser to commercial airlines after this period, “he made goodwill tours of Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies. Lindbergh flew over Yucatan and Mexico in 1929 and over the Far Easy in 1931, and in 1933 he made a survey of more than 48,000 km for transatlantic air routes and landing fields” (Encarta 1). Lindbergh was also an innovator and an inventor. He worked with a French surgeon in an attempt to develop and artificial heart pump, even though these efforts were in vain. Lindbergh was also a writer and won the Pulitzer Prize for his autobiography, The Spirit of St. Louis. His wife was also a successful writer. However, the 1930s would not be as kind to Lindbergh as the 1920s had been. Two Germans would greatly impact his experiences in America and create major upheaval and controversy in his life. One was the German-born carpenter Bruno Hauptmann, and the other was the infamous Adolph Hitler.

In 1932, the nation stood in shock when Lindbergh’s son, Charles, Jr., was kidnapped and murdered. The killing of the baby son of America’s hero gripped the nation and Bruno Hauptmann was found guilty of the crime and executed. While Hauptmann was convicted and executed for the crime, there are as many conspiracy theories surrounding the Lindbergh kidnapping. Murder on the Orient Express is a film that gives one such point of view on the case, and there are many to this day who contend the kidnapping and murder was the work of an organized group. Even the Lindbergh’s initially believed the kidnapping was the work of a group and well-planned with inside knowledge of their actions. However, as the evidence mounted against Hauptmann they accepted it was the work of one individual, something that made it harder to bear, “That made it harder to bear, because then chance came into it, and...

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Charles A. Lindbergh. (1969, December 31). In LotsofEssays.com. Retrieved 13:54, March 28, 2024, from https://www.lotsofessays.com/viewpaper/1685174.html