the other one involves eddie rickenbacker. now, some in the audience will know eddie rickenbacker, the famous car racer, indianapolis 500 participant, who then in world war i, became the leading american ace, chasing after german pilots and things like that. well, in 1942, eddie rickenbacker went on a secret mission for the government. they asked him to fly over the -- to the south pacific and deliver a message to general macarthur. on his way out, the plane made a crash landing. they ran out of fuel. they couldn't locate one of the interim destinations. they overshot it because of navigation mistakes. they were lost at sea for three weeks. by they, i mean a group of eight men who were on the plane. newspapers in the united states. actually, when i started researching this, it was just about the time that kobe bryant died. and the reaction to eddie rickenbacker's death was even more so than that. all newspapers covered it, and eventually they gave up hope, and some even printed obituaries of eddie rickenbacker. well, they were

in 1940, to eddie rickenbacker went on d.c. court mission for the government. they asked him to fly over the south pacific, and deliver a message to general mcarthur. on his way out, the plant meet a crash landing. on his way out, they run out of fuel, and they couldn't locate one of the interim destinations. they overshot it because of navigation mistakes. they were lost at sea for three weeks. by the, i mean a group of eight men who were on the plane. newspapers in the united states. actually when i started researching this was about the time kobe bryant died. and the reaction to any rickenbacker's death was even more than that. on newspapers covered it, and eventually they gave up hope and some printed obituaries. they found him after three weeks at sea. so when i explained this to the editor, he says i've never even heard of this, it's a great tale. fortunately, there's all kinds of information. five of the eight men, one did die during this time, i'm the seven who survived wrote books about it, small books. i have been in contact with four of the families