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To: Kathy in Alaska

Eddie Rickenbacker and The Hat in the Ring squadron. He was quite a man. Later president of Eastern Airlines and survived a crash of one of Eastern’s planes. Also survived crashing into the Pacific and being adrift for over one month during WW II.


18 posted on 09/19/2021 6:05:04 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.d)
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He was a very lucky man a couple times...

Rickenbacker Throws His Hat In the Ring


38 posted on 09/19/2021 8:01:59 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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