Posts by Pamela
Eddie Rickenbacker in WWII: Not a Flying Ace, Still a Hero
First, a caveat: I got an email from a regular reader in response to my first post on Eddie Rickenbacker in which she said she had vivid memories of reading the story I’m about to tell you in the sixth grade. I’m pretty sure I first read this story a couple of weeks ago.(1) But…
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Introducing Eddie Rickenbacker, America’s Ace of Aces
Recently My Own True Love and I were discussing aviation history over dinner, as happens more often than you might think. My recent blog post on the Hat in the Ring Squadron had led us to talking about Eddie Rickenbacker. As we pooled what we knew, we realized that there was more to his story…
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In which I realize that Oscar Mayer was a real person
I am embarrassed to admit that until recently it never occurred to me that Oscar Mayer was a real person. After all, Betty Crocker, who played a much larger role in the kitchen of my childhood, was a fictional character. In fact, I didn’t even think about him as a fictional person. Oscar Mayer was…
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