n 1939 Charles Lindbergh and his family returned to the United States of America. In 1940 Lindbergh began to speak out against the United States of America joining World War II. The American people did not look down upon him for this because many Americans did not want to send our soldiers to die. The American people did not support his anti-Semitism and the statements he made about would come back to haunt him later in his life. Then when President Theodore Roosevelt denounced his statements in public, Charles Lindbergh resigned from the Air Corps reserve in 1941. The United States entered the war after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. At this time Charles Lindbergh requested that be allowed to serve in the military again. When both President Theodore Roosevelt and Secretary of War, Henry L. Stimson denied his request he gave up. However he did serve as an aircraft consultant for Ford Motor Company and United Aircraft Corporation during the war. He served mainly as a test pilot for Ford Motor Company. While he worked for United Aircraft Corporation he flew fifty missions and logged one hundred seventy nine combat hours. All of his combat hours were against the Japanese because he supported the Germans. Charles Lindbergh made many advances in aviation among them is cruise control for American fighter planes. The cruise control technique improved the capabilities of the planes. After the invention of cruise control he was appointed Chief of Staff for the United States Air Force. Shortly after that the Pan American Airlines hired him as a consultant and he advised Pan American Airlines to purchase jet transporters. This lead to Charles Lindbergh assists in the design of the Boeing 747. After being a consultant for Pan American Airlines. Charles Lindbergh wrote The Spirit of St. Louis in 1953 which was an expanded version of the book We. The book won him a Pulitzer Prize in 1954. Following the publishing of his book he was appointed brigadier ge...
