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Biography

Name: Edward Vernon Rickenbacker
Birth Date: October 8, 1890
Death Date: July 23, 1973
Place of Birth: Columbus, Ohio, United States
Place of Death: Zurich, Switzerland
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: businessman, fighter pilot

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Biography of Edward Vernon Rickenbacker
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Edward Vernon Rickenbacker (1890-1973), early automobile race driver and America's top fighter pilot in World War I, went on to manage giant Eastern Air Lines during its expansion era. Eddie Rickenbacker was one of those rare heroes who enjoyed...


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Eddie Rickenbacker Quotes
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Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared. Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're...


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Eddie Rickenbacker Information
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Eddie Rickenbacker (October 8, 1890–July 27, 1973) was best known as a fighter ace and Medal of Honor recipient. He was also a race car driver and automotive designer, a government consultant in military matters and a pioneer in air...


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The Washington Post
Eddie Rickenbacker's Counsel
09/21/1998: 318 words, approx. 1 pages
I write in reference to "267 Memory Lapses," which included quotes on the subject of responsibility by Adm. Hyman G. Rickover, President Harry S. Truman and Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto{letter, Sept. 4}. I would like to add another quote that is apropos...
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Air Power History
Eddie Rickenbacker. An American Hero in the Twentieth Century.(Book review)
06/22/2007: 760 words, approx. 3 pages
Eddie Rickenbacker. An American Hero in the Twentieth Century. By W. David Lewis. Baltimore Md.: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005. Photographs. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Pp. xiii, 669. $35.00. ISBN: 0-8018-8244-3. The combat heroics of World War I ace Eddie Rickenbacker are...
 


 

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