• Charles Lindbergh receives a medal at a ceremony following his feat as the first to pilot alone during a nonstop transatlantic flight.
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    Lindbergh received a hero’s welcome in Washington, DC, where he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and several special congressional medals for completing the first solo, nonstop transtlantic flight.

  • Charles Lindbergh receives a medal at a ceremony following his feat as the first to pilot alone during a nonstop transatlantic flight.

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