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Despite his early opposition to American involvement in World War II, Charles Lindbergh made a significant contribution to Allied victory. At 9:38 p.m. on Monday, April 24, 1944, a heavily loaded Douglas R4D took off from Naval Air Station North Island, in San Diego Harbor, climbing slowly into the western sky. The Navy and Marine …
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