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Eddie V. Rickenbacker WWI Diary

Rained all day. Drove down to Bar-le-Duc saw the folks and arranged for a party Wednesday evening at the Majors quarters. Lt. Chambers and myself went up to get confirmations, just after getting one we were returning to car when shell burst 100 meters away. You should have seen us both dive into a shell hole. Lt. [Wilbert W.] White of the 147th Squadron was out after balloons, it was very dark, saw a black object below, dove and fired about 200 shots at it. When he found it was an archie [anti-aircraft] shell burst.

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