Seven came through : Rickenbacker's full story

by Eddie Rickenbacker

Paper Book, 1943

Status

Available

Call number

940.548173B

Genres

Publication

[Washington, D.C.] : DBPH, 1943.

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LibraryThing member R.D.Hozak
A harrowing wartime account of the fate of a B-17 crew lost at sea, written by MoH recipient and WWI top ace Eddie Rickenbacker. After a navigational error forces the B-17's crew to ditch near Japanese-occupied territory in the South Pacific, Rickenbacker (carrying a classified message for General
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 MacArthur) and the other crewmen are set adrift on flimsy life rafts. Rations were exhausted by the end of the third day, forcing the survivors to live off the ocean -- drinking rainwater and catching seagulls and fish -- until they were finally rescued after over three weeks at sea.
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LibraryThing member kslade
OK short account of Rickenbacker's survival with a group of people at sea after a plane crash during the second world war.

Subjects

Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973
SURVIVAL
World war, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, American

Language

English

Physical description

28 inches

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