Ace of Aces: Eddie Rickenbacker Anyone in search of a definition for a "warrior- can do it with one word, Rickenbacker. Captain Eddie Rickenbacker became the American ace of aces during World War I by having more victories than any American pilot of that war or any other. ... Eddie Rickenbacker, was born in Columbus, Ohio, on October 8, 1890, the son of Swiss immigrants William and Elizabeth Reichenbacher.[1] At a very young age, some claiming twelve while others said he was fourteen, Rickenbacker's father was murdered and Eddie dropped out of school and worked at various ...

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Patch Adams and Dead Poets Society "[Courage is] when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what." Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird told his daughter, Scout, that real bravery can only happen when a person is uncertain whether or not h...

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