Peacetime and interim
Charles A. Lindbergh
Captain · U.S. Army Air Forces
U.S. Army Air Corps Reserve
20-21 May 1927 · New York City Paris, France
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- Branch
- U.S. Army Air Forces
- Era
- Peacetime and other actions
- Home state
- Minnesota
- Action
- New York City Paris, France
The citation
Official citation
For displaying heroic courage and skill as a navigator, at the risk of his life, by his nonstop flight in his airplane, the Spirit of St. Louis, from New York City to Paris, France, 20-21 May 1927, by which Capt. Lindbergh not only achieved the greatest individual triumph of any American citizen but demonstrated that travel across the ocean by aircraft was possible.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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