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Lindbergh's Entry Into World War II:
"Now that we are at war, I want to contribute as best I can to my country's war effort. It is vital for us to carry on this war as intelligently, as constructively, and as successfully as we can, and I want to do my part."
-- Charles Lindbergh
Eventually, Lindbergh went to the South Pacific to study the fighter plane's capability under wartime conditions. He ended up flying fifty bombing missions as a civilian pilot with the Marines in the Marshall Islands, all the while teaching pilots how to get the most mileage out of their fuel supply and thus increasing the length of their bombing missions. He also flew with the Fifth Air Force in New Guinea. |