Charles Lindbergh’s contributions to American culture, science and national security;
- Helped advance US aviation
- Discovered and helped finance the work of Robert Goddard, the father of modern rocketry
- Developed the technology that led to invention of the first artificial heart
- Was a staunch conservationist and supporter of the World Wildlife Fund
- Pulitzer Prize in 1954 for Biography, “Spirit of St. Louis
- Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross and Congressional Medal
- Distinguished Flying Cross
- At the request of Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, world-renowned aviator Charles A. Lindbergh evaluated Strategic Air Command’S facilities and methods, a delivered a report that was implemented