Enter Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, an Ohio WW1 pilot who lived on pure adrenaline and no fucks. Prior to his enlistment, Eddie was a race car driver, competing in the Indianapolis 500 four times, earning him the nickname "Fast Eddie". When the US entered the Great War, Eddie joined the US Army Air Service and was shipped off to the France among the first American troops.
In a span of 6 months, he claimed 26 aerial kills, making him one of the top U.S. aces in the war, earned 7 Distinguished Services Crosses and the Medal of Honor for single-handedly shooting down planes when he was completely outnumbered. He is considered one of the most decorated soldiers of the war.
Rickenbacker was not only known for his actions during the war, but for also slapping death in the face numerous times. Just to name a few, while flying on a commercial DC3 in 1941, the plane went down and crashed outside of Atlanta. In spite of his own critical wounds, Rickenbacker rescued survivors until he was taken to the hospital.
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His body was so mangled that the doctors just left him for dead...but walked out of the hospital a few months later.
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During WW2, while flying on a B-17 over the Pacific, the plane ran out of fuel and the crew ditched into Japanese waters, resulting in staying adrift for 24 days with little water and food until being rescued by the U.S. Navy.
Eddie continued to work in the aviation industry, a military consultant and automotive designer.
In 1973, Rickenbacker passed away, but his name remains etched in history, several Halls of Fame and in the minds of thousands of women who needed a skullfucker in their lives.
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