There is some justification to purging Lindbergh. He was a Nazi supporter and even received a medal from Hitlers regime.
There is some justification to purging Lindbergh. He was a Nazi supporter and even received a medal from Hitlers regime.
On the other hand, he received his medal while checking out the Luftwaffe pretty much at the request of our government and the Nazis were only too glad to show him just about everything he wanted to see.
When war was declared, he immediately requested to go back into the Army Air Force, but FDR would not allow it to happen. He actually (as a civilian) flew fighters in the Pacific and shot down at least one Japanese plane. He also taught pilots how to extend the range of their planes, something he really did know a thing or two about.
He also had a secret family in Europe...