Lindbergh - Charles Augustus Lindbergh

American aviator. Born in Detroit. His father was a Swedish immigrant and a member of the House of Representatives. He dropped out of the University of Wisconsin's Department of Mechanical Engineering and graduated from the Army Flying School in 1925. After working as a postal pilot and other positions, he made a nonstop transatlantic flight in the single-engine Spirit of St. Louis (from Roosevelt Field in the suburbs of New York to Le Bourget Field near Paris) in May 1927, becoming an international hero. In May 1929, he married Anne Morrow (1906-2001), the daughter of the Mexican ambassador, whom he met during a goodwill flight to Central and South America. Anne eventually became her husband's co-pilot, and the couple often flew to various places. In 1932, he suffered the tragedy of his eldest son, who was just under two years old, being kidnapped and murdered (this incident led to the passage of the so-called Lindbergh Act, which made kidnappings across multiple states a federal crime). He lived in Europe from 1935 to 1939. During this time in France, he worked with Dr. A. Carrel to develop the first heart-lung machine. In Germany, he was awarded the Medal of Honor by Nazi leader Goering. After returning to Japan, he became a central figure in the opposition to America's entry into World War II, but after the war he became an advisor to the Ministry of the War and was deployed to the Pacific front, where he participated in aerial battles. In 1954, he won the Pulitzer Prize for his memoirs of his solo flight. His wife, Ann, is also a writer.

[Tokiwa Shinpei]

"Lindbergh's World War II Diary, Volumes 1 and 2, translated by Shinjo Tetsuo (1974, Shinchosha)" ▽ "Wings, Those Are the Lights of Paris, translated by Sato Ryoichi (Obunsha Bunko)" ▽ "Gifts from the Sea, by Mrs. Lindbergh, translated by Yoshida Kenichi (Shincho Bunko)"

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アメリカの飛行家。デトロイト生まれ。父はスウェーデン系移民で下院議員。ウィスコンシン大学機械工学科を中退、1925年陸軍飛行学校を卒業。郵便飛行士などを勤めたあと、27年5月、単発機スピリット・オブ・セントルイス号により大西洋横断無着陸飛行（ニューヨーク郊外ルーズベルト飛行場―パリ近郊ル・ブルジェ飛行場）に成功、一躍世界の英雄となった。29年5月、中南米親善飛行の途中知り合ったメキシコ駐在大使の娘アン・モローAnne Morrow（1906―2001）と結婚。アンはやがて夫の副操縦士となって夫婦でしばしば各地へ飛行する。32年、2歳弱の長男が誘拐、殺害されるという悲劇にみまわれる（この事件を契機に、複数の州にまたがる誘拐犯行を連邦犯罪として取り締まるいわゆるリンドバーグ法が成立した）。35～39年、ヨーロッパに住む。この間、フランスでA・カレル博士と協力して人工心肺の1号機を開発。ドイツではナチスの領袖(りょうしゅう)ゲーリングから名誉勲章を授けられた。帰国後、第二次世界大戦へのアメリカの参戦に反対する勢力の中心的存在となるが、参戦後は陸軍省顧問となり、太平洋戦線に赴き、空中戦にも参加した。54年、単独飛行の回想録によりピュリッツァー賞受賞。妻のアンは作家でもある。

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