“Medal of Honor Citation: “Edward V. Rickenbacker, Colonel, specialist reserve, then first lieutenant, 94th Aero Squadron, Air Service, American Expeditionary Forces. For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action against the enemy near Billy, France, 25 September 1918. While on a voluntary patrol over the lines Lieutenant. Rickenbacker attacked seven enemy planes (five type Fokker protecting two type Halberstadt photographic planes). Disregarding the odds against him he dived on them and shot down one of the Fokkers out of control. He then attacked one of the Halberstadts and sent it down also…” Medal of Honor citation, awarded 6 November 1930.
The U.S. Government narrator erroneously states that America entered the war as a result of the 1915 sinking of the “Lusitania”, rather than the unrestricted U-Boat warfare policies of the German Navy. “