Eddie Rickenbacker Fair grounds track 103 mile auto race March 20 1915 Tucson AZ color added 2012
by David Lee Guss
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Eddie Rickenbacker Fair grounds track 103 mile auto race March 20 1915 Tucson AZ color added 2012
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David Lee Guss
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Rickenbacker won the Medal of Honor, belatedly given in 1930 by President Herbert Hoover, as a WW1 flying ace.
"Rickenbacker flew a total of 300 combat hours, reportedly more than any other U.S. pilot in the war.
When Rickenbacker learned of the Armistice, he flew an airplane above the western front to observe the ceasefire and the displays of joy and comradeship, as the formerly warring troops crossed the front lines and joined in the celebrations."
The excitement of automobile racing did not compare with what I knew must come with aeroplane fighting in France.
I've cheated the Grim Reaper more times than anyone I know.
Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you are scared.
It is the easiest thing in the world to die. The hardest is to live.
Aviation is proof that given, the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible.
I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through- Eddie Rickenbacker, 1890-1973
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