Captain, US Army Air Corps Reserve
Born: 4 February 1902, Detroit, Michigan
Died: 26 August 1974, Kipahulu, Hawaii
Citation: For displaying heroic courage and skill as a navigator, at the risk of his life, by his nonstop flight in his airplane, the Spirit of St. Louis, from New York City to Paris, France, 20-21 May 1927, by which Capt. Lindbergh not only achieved the greatest individual triumph of any American citizen but demonstrated that travel across the ocean by aircraft was possible.
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