Existing comment:
"We have been stepping closer to war for many months... our country has been attacked by force of arms, and by force of arms we must retaliate."
-- America First Committee writing on behalf of Lindbergh, December 8, 1941
Once the United States entered the war, Lindbergh was prepared to fight for his country. President Franklin Roosevelt, distrustful of Lindbergh's motives, would not allow him to re-enter the military. Lindbergh worked a time with the Ford Motor Company developing the B-24 bomber and then with United Aircraft as an engineer consultant for its Corsair fighter planes.
December 1941: 360 Japanese plans raid Pearl Harbor; Charles says "by force of arms we must retaliate."
1942: Charles serves as technical consultant alternative between aerospace medicine and B-24 design work. |