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On August 26, 1974, Charles Lindbergh, US aviator, died at the age of 72. From the article:
"After the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, Lindbergh stopped his noninvolvement activity. He tried to reenlist, but his request was refused. He then served as a technical adviser and test pilot for the Ford Motor Company and United Aircraft Corporation (now United Technologies Corporation).
In April 1944, Lindbergh went to the Pacific war area as an adviser to the United States Army and Navy. Although he was a civilian, he flew about 50 combat missions. Lindbergh also developed cruise control techniques that increased the capabilities of American fighter planes.
After the War, Lindbergh withdrew from public attention. He worked as a consultant to the chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force. President Dwight D. Eisenhower restored Lindbergh's commission and appointed him a brigadier general in the Air Force in 1954. Pan American World Airways also hired Lindbergh as a consultant. He advised the airline on its purchase of jet transports and eventually helped design the Boeing 747 jet. In 1953, Lindbergh published The Spirit of St. Louis, an expanded account of his 1927 transatlantic flight. The book won a Pulitzer Prize in 1954.
Lindbergh traveled widely and developed an interest in the cultures of peoples in Africa and the Philippines. In the late 1960's, he ended his years of silence to speak out for the conservation movement. He especially campaigned for the protection of humpback and blue whales, two species of whales in danger of extinction. Lindbergh opposed the development of supersonic transport planes because he feared the effects the planes might have on the earth's atmosphere.
Lindbergh died of cancer on Aug. 26, 1974, in his home on the Hawaiian island of Maui. After his death, he was buried on the beautiful grounds of the Palapala Ho'omau Church. The Autobiography of Values, a collection of Lindbergh's writings, was published in 1978."
"After the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, Lindbergh stopped his noninvolvement activity. He tried to reenlist, but his request was refused. He then served as a technical adviser and test pilot for the Ford Motor Company and United Aircraft Corporation (now United Technologies Corporation).
In April 1944, Lindbergh went to the Pacific war area as an adviser to the United States Army and Navy. Although he was a civilian, he flew about 50 combat missions. Lindbergh also developed cruise control techniques that increased the capabilities of American fighter planes.
After the War, Lindbergh withdrew from public attention. He worked as a consultant to the chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force. President Dwight D. Eisenhower restored Lindbergh's commission and appointed him a brigadier general in the Air Force in 1954. Pan American World Airways also hired Lindbergh as a consultant. He advised the airline on its purchase of jet transports and eventually helped design the Boeing 747 jet. In 1953, Lindbergh published The Spirit of St. Louis, an expanded account of his 1927 transatlantic flight. The book won a Pulitzer Prize in 1954.
Lindbergh traveled widely and developed an interest in the cultures of peoples in Africa and the Philippines. In the late 1960's, he ended his years of silence to speak out for the conservation movement. He especially campaigned for the protection of humpback and blue whales, two species of whales in danger of extinction. Lindbergh opposed the development of supersonic transport planes because he feared the effects the planes might have on the earth's atmosphere.
Lindbergh died of cancer on Aug. 26, 1974, in his home on the Hawaiian island of Maui. After his death, he was buried on the beautiful grounds of the Palapala Ho'omau Church. The Autobiography of Values, a collection of Lindbergh's writings, was published in 1978."
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SGT (Join to see), I know we’ve had this conversation before. However, Lindbergh is now deceased, most of this information was revealed after his death, and he really doesn’t deserve a “pass” just because he was Lindbergh, in my opinion.
Lindbergh was an extraordinary man. He was extraordinarily good and he was extraordinarily bad. His relationship with the Germans and his ideas about race both were appalling. He had seven children by three women, none of whom were his wife. In some ways, he appears to be a very ordinary man who did something quite extraordinary. After that, much was expected, and he really didn’t live up to expectations, and because of being in the public eye, he really took it on the chin. People don’t like to hear these things about Lindbergh, but his life was much, much more (or less) than the life of a virtuous man who made the first solo, nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
Having said that, my wife and I have made the tortuous, arduous and sometimes dangerous drive (the famous road to Hana and beyond) to his gravesite twice. I think he moved there to escape the press and public eye. It’s difficult to find, and the locals and the park rangers aren’t helpful (on purpose). He is buried on the grounds of the Palapala Ho'omau Church in Kipahulu, Maui. The church is located as shown on the second map, near his house (attached). It is reached by taking the Hana road which follows the east coast from Kahului all the way to the church.
SPC Douglas Bolton LTC Stephan Porter Capt Daniel Goodman 1SG Carl McAndrews SMSgt Thor Merich
Lindbergh was an extraordinary man. He was extraordinarily good and he was extraordinarily bad. His relationship with the Germans and his ideas about race both were appalling. He had seven children by three women, none of whom were his wife. In some ways, he appears to be a very ordinary man who did something quite extraordinary. After that, much was expected, and he really didn’t live up to expectations, and because of being in the public eye, he really took it on the chin. People don’t like to hear these things about Lindbergh, but his life was much, much more (or less) than the life of a virtuous man who made the first solo, nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
Having said that, my wife and I have made the tortuous, arduous and sometimes dangerous drive (the famous road to Hana and beyond) to his gravesite twice. I think he moved there to escape the press and public eye. It’s difficult to find, and the locals and the park rangers aren’t helpful (on purpose). He is buried on the grounds of the Palapala Ho'omau Church in Kipahulu, Maui. The church is located as shown on the second map, near his house (attached). It is reached by taking the Hana road which follows the east coast from Kahului all the way to the church.
SPC Douglas Bolton LTC Stephan Porter Capt Daniel Goodman 1SG Carl McAndrews SMSgt Thor Merich
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
Spent Christmas on Maui a couple years back and even with trying, never got to his grave site.
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Wonderful hero who had some not so wonderful things happen in his lifetime.
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Fantastic share. I didn’t know that Lindbergh was involved in all the other stuff or that he was buried in Hawaii.
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