Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eddie Rickenbacker greets his mother, Lizzie, at Union Station upon returning home from Europe in 1919. Edward "Eddie" Vernon ...

Even though Eddie Rickenbacker is one of Columbus' most famous sons and one of the most famous Americans of the 20th century, he has an accomplishment that was unearthed by journalists only recently.

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Captain Edward V. "Eddie" Rickenbacker was a self-taught automotive engineer, an American fighter ace in World War I, and Medal of Honor recipient ...

Flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker was an American renaissance man. The auto racer-turned-fighter pilot shot down 26 enemy planes during World War 1, making him the most decorated American airman during ...

Ever since his return to the U.S. from his near-fatal Pacific mission, lean, tough Captain Eddie Rickenbacker has been making speeches which compared the spirit and fighting of U.S. soldiers in the ...

The Army merely announced that late in the afternoon of Oct. 21 Captain Eddie Rickenbacker’s plane radioed from somewhere in the Southwest Pacific that there was only one hour’s supply of gasoline ...

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Click to open image viewer. United States Army Air Service (USAAS) Type M1912/1917 officer's uniform coat worn by Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker; single breasted drab wool with five brass buttons down front ...

Edward "Eddie" Vernon Rickenbacker is a Columbus native who became a World War I flying ace, a Medal of Honor recipient and a pioneering figure in aviation. He was born on October 8, 1890, in the ...