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    Default Eddie Rickenbacker Raft “Adventure”

    This has to be one of the coolest stories ever.

    “Eddie Rickenbacker’s Raft

    Known as the leading American air ace and most decorated U.S. soldier of the First World War, Eddie Rickenbacker required a different kind of courage when he and the crew of a B-17 had to ditch in the Pacific Ocean in October 1942. It is a harrowing story of survival at sea. “

    Click HERE for the video.

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    I read about this a few weeks ago. SWMBO was researching newspapers.com for snips covering her grandfather and thought she had found a really interesting one.
    He was stationed in the South Pacific during WWII, so it seemed possible.
    Then she noticed the spelling of his surname was off by one letter. John De Angelis - her grandfather was John De Angelus.



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