Lost at Sea: Eddie Rickenbackers Twenty-Four Days Adrift on the Pacific--A World War II Tale of Courage and Faith Wukovits John
Lost at Sea: Eddie Rickenbackers Twenty-Four Days Adrift on the Pacific--A World War II Tale of Courage and Faith Wukovits John The forgotten story of American war hero Eddie Rickenbacker's crash…
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Lost at Sea: Eddie Rickenbackers Twenty-Four Days Adrift on the Pacific--A World War II Tale of Courage and Faith Wukovits John
The forgotten story of American war hero Eddie Rickenbacker's crash landing in the Pacific during World War II, and his incredible twenty-three-day crusade to keep his crew aliveIn the darkest days of World War II, an unlikely civilian was sent to deliver a letter from Washington to General MacArthur in New Guinea. Now in his fifties, one of the most admired men in America, Rickenbacker was again serving his nation, riding high above the Pacific as a passenger aboard a B-17.But soon the plane was forced to crash-land on the ocean surface, leaving its eight occupants adrift in tiny rubber life rafts, hundreds of miles from the nearest speck of land. Eddie Rickenbacker was a genuine icon, a pioneer of aviation, the greatest fighter pilot of the First World War, recipient of the Medal of Honor, who'd retired to become a renowned race car driver.
Lacking fresh water and