Charles Lindbergh, America’s enigmatic hero, accused of being pro-Nazi, an ardent conservationist

Charles Lindbergh- one of America's most enigmatic heroes. Buried in a very small simple church

yard plot in a remote area of Maui, which overlooks the crystal blue Pacific. In his day he was like

Neil Armstrong, the first man on the Moon. And like Armstrong, he choose to largely avoid public

attention, as he didn't like it. The first man to fly across the Atlantic solo, with huge international

acclaim, his first born son was kidnapped and murdered. He became a hired explorer for Pan American Airways, doing some astonishing worldwide pioneering air-route research in a small single

engine seaplane- and took his wife with him! Later becoming a leading anti-war "America First"

spokesman, and accused of being pro-Nazi, he was shunned by the Roosevelt Administration after

Pearl Harbor when he volunteered his services. Yet Lindbergh finally did make it out to the Pacific

as a civilian fight engineering advisor to Army Air Force P-38 squadrons. Most amazing of all, he

is credited with shooting down at least one Japanese plane during a P-38 flight test. The entire

incident was hushed up both for political reasons and especially because civilians were not supposed

to be flying combat missions in a war. Near the end of his life Lindbergh became an ardent conservationist, donating time and money to preserving wildlife and wildlife habitats. He died in Hana, Maui.

Charles Lindbergh- one of America's most enigmatic heroes. Buried in a very small simple church yard plot in a remote area of Maui, which overlooks the crystal blue Pacific. In his day he was like Neil Armstrong, the first man on the Moon. And like Armstrong, he choose to largely avoid public attention, as he didn't like it. The first man to fly across the Atlantic solo, with huge international acclaim, his first born son was kidnapped and murdered. He became a hired explorer for Pan American Airways, doing some astonishing worldwide pioneering air-route research in a small single engine seaplane- and took his wife with him! Later becoming a leading anti-war "America First" spokesman, and accused of being pro-Nazi, he was shunned by the Roosevelt Administration after Pearl Harbor when he volunteered his services. Yet Lindbergh finally did make it out to the Pacific as a civilian fight engineering advisor to Army Air Force P-38 squadrons. Most amazing of all, he is credited with shooting down at least one Japanese plane during a P-38 flight test. The entire incident was hushed up both for political reasons and especially because civilians were not supposed to be flying combat missions in a war. Near the end of his life Lindbergh became an ardent conservationist, donating time and money to preserving wildlife and wildlife habitats. He died in Hana, Maui.