"Peter Jennings: Lindbergh's celebrity would haunt him for the rest of this life, in 1933 when his infant son was kidnapped and murdered and when he was branded an anti-semite for comments he made about American Jews and Nazi Germany." "The Century" (1999)
I was in North Creek, NY when I heard Peter Jennings had died, where VP Teddy Roosevelt was by telegram told he was now the President after President McKinley passed away from the gunshot at the Panamerican Exposition in Buffalo, NY eight days prior. He had been climbing Tahawas (Mt. Marcy) and was rushed by buckboards through the night down from there to North Creek, after news that the President, had taken a turn for the worse, by Elihu Root, Secretary of War and former resident of Irving Place, in NYC and where he boarded a special train for Buffalo, NY there, informed by telegram from the Secretary of State that the President was dead. Peter Jennings was a wonderful reporter and humanitarian.
However, I read, that the Lindbergh federal investigation was handled by General Schwartzkopf's (gulf war fame, anti-land mine petition signer) father, who was put in charge of the New Jersey investigation. I also read in a NY "Daily News" reader comment that his father was also in charge(?) of the American Expeditionary forces that put the "shah" system in place in Iran in the 1930's. So in the spirit of reportage, I write this in response to Mr. Jennings quote. "Lucky" (in that he walked away from many crashes) Lindbergh is buried out in Hawaii, and he contributed to the science of aviation during WWII, having once flown solo from "Roosevelt Field" on Long Island, the stated "cradle of aviation" to France.
I was in North Creek, NY when I heard Peter Jennings had died, where VP Teddy Roosevelt was by telegram told he was now the President after President McKinley passed away from the gunshot at the Panamerican Exposition in Buffalo, NY eight days prior. He had been climbing Tahawas (Mt. Marcy) and was rushed by buckboards through the night down from there to North Creek, after news that the President, had taken a turn for the worse, by Elihu Root, Secretary of War and former resident of Irving Place, in NYC and where he boarded a special train for Buffalo, NY there, informed by telegram from the Secretary of State that the President was dead. Peter Jennings was a wonderful reporter and humanitarian.
However, I read, that the Lindbergh federal investigation was handled by General Schwartzkopf's (gulf war fame, anti-land mine petition signer) father, who was put in charge of the New Jersey investigation. I also read in a NY "Daily News" reader comment that his father was also in charge(?) of the American Expeditionary forces that put the "shah" system in place in Iran in the 1930's. So in the spirit of reportage, I write this in response to Mr. Jennings quote. "Lucky" (in that he walked away from many crashes) Lindbergh is buried out in Hawaii, and he contributed to the science of aviation during WWII, having once flown solo from "Roosevelt Field" on Long Island, the stated "cradle of aviation" to France.
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