Eddie V. Rickenbacker WWI Diary
Capt. Edward V. Rickenbacker's 1918 wartime diary entry. (04/20/1918). Had some distinguished visitors this morning. General Lane [sic] Commander of First Army Corps, Col. Mitchell, [in] charge of all Air Service, 1st Army Corps. I was ask[ed] to go up and do some acrobacy which I did and was warmly congratulated by him on landing. Then the mechanics found my motor distributor broken, leaving me out of the running for in the afternoon. An alert came in to strafe the trenches, naturally I was not ready. “Hard Luck”
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