Far from his betraying America, as the misguided and the ill-intentioned continue to charge, Colonel Lindbergh has almost single-handedly served to strengthen America's military preparedness by imparting his knowledge to our own military and by doing everything within his power to advance the cause of American aviation and to expand America's air defenses.

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Shortly after strutting about to "Go Colonel, Go Colonel" chants, the animated southerner fell from America's favor.

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