The police chief who arrested Bruno Richard Hauptmann was the father
of Norman Schwarzkopf, commander of the American forces in the Gulf
War in 1991.
The affair had many repercussions, both personal and national.
The Lindberghs, revolted by the media's unrelenting prying, moved to
live in Europe in 1935. Lindbergh became a fan of Adolf Hitler and in
1938 received from him a decoration for having praised the German
Luftwaffe as superior to all other air forces. In 1939, upon his
return to the USA, Lindbergh embarked on a cross-country tour of
antiwar and pro-Nazi speeches. Consequently, he was ousted from the
air corps reserve and the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.
Still, when war broke out, Lindbergh served as a civilian consultant
to aircraft manufacturers. Later, the US Army sent him on clandestine
missions to the Pacific and Europe. But he never regained his stature
in the eyes of the American public.
He won the Pulitzer prize in 1953 for his tome, The Spirit of Saint
Louis and died in 1974 in Hawaii.
The kidnapping and gruesome murder of his son prompted lawmakers to
pass the Lindbergh Act in 1932.
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