Editing Eddie Rickenbacker (section)

== Awards and honors ==
[[File:Eddie Rickenbacker Medals.jpg|thumb|Rickenbacker's medals at the [[San Diego Air & Space Museum]]]]

=== Military awards ===

* Junior Military Aviation Badge
* [[Mackay Trophy]] for bringing down sixteen enemy aircraft, 1918<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mackay 1912-1919 Recipients {{!}} National Aeronautic Association |url=https://naa.aero/awards/awards-and-trophies/mackay-trophy/mackay-1912-1919-winners/ |access-date=2022-09-04 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Croix de Guerre]] with Palm from France in May 1918<ref name=":24"/><ref name=":20"/>
* [[Legion of Honor]] (Chevalier) from France in May 1918<ref name=":20"/>
* [[Distinguished Service Cross (United States)|Distinguished Service Cross]] for service near Billy, France on September 25, 1918 (replaced by a [[Medal of Honor]] in 1930)
* Distinguished Service Cross for heroism near [[Montsec, Meuse|Montsec]], France on April 29, 1918<ref name=":19"/>
* Distinguished Service Cross Oak Leaf Cluster for heroic action over [[Richecourt]], France on May 17, 1918<ref name=":19"/>
* Distinguished Service Cross Oak Leaf Cluster for heroism over [[Saint-Mihiel]], France on May 22, 1918<ref name=":19"/>
* Distinguished Service Cross Oak Leaf Cluster for heroism in action over Boise Rate, France on May 28, 1918<ref name=":19"/>
* Distinguished Service Cross Oak Leaf Cluster for heroism in action at {{Convert|4000|m|sp=us}} over [[Jaulny]], France on May 30, 1918<ref name=":19"/>
* Distinguished Service Cross Oak Leaf Cluster for heroism in action near Villecy, France on September 14, 1918<ref name=":19"/>
* Distinguished Service Cross Oak Leaf Cluster for action in the region of Bois-de-Wavrille, France, September 15, 1918<ref name=":19"/>
* [[World War I Victory Medal (United States)|World War I Victory Medal]] with six battle clasps
* [[Medal of Honor]] awarded on November 6, 1930, for service near Billy, France on September 25, 1918 (replaced his first Distinguished Service Cross)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Edward Vernon Rickenbacker {{!}} World War I {{!}} U.S. Army Air Service {{!}} Medal of Honor Recipient |url=https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/edward-v-rickenbacker |access-date=2022-09-04 |website=Congressional Medal of Honor Society |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Edward Rickenbacker |url=https://mohmuseum.org/medal_of_honor/edward-rickenbacker/ |access-date=2022-09-04 |website=National Medal of Honor Museum |language=en-US}}</ref>

[[File:20-02-465-rickenbacker.jpg|thumb|Plaque honoring Rickenbacker at the [[Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame]]]]

=== Other awards ===

* [[Medal for Merit]] for efforts as a civilian during World War II
* [[Veterans of Foreign Wars]] Merit Award, 1953<ref>{{Cite web |title=Medal, Veterans of Foreign Wars Merit Award, Edward Rickenbacker {{!}} National Air and Space Museum |url=https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/medal-veterans-of-foreign-wars-merit-award-edward-rickenbacker/nasm_A19740367000 |access-date=2022-09-04 |website=airandspace.si.edu}}</ref>
* [[Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum#Auto Racing Hall of Fame|Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame]], 1954<ref>{{Cite web |title=Edward "Eddie" Rickenbacker |url=https://imsmuseum.org/fame_inductee/edward-eddie-v-rickenbacker/ |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Tony Jannus Award]],1967<ref>{{Cite web |title=Past Recipients |url=https://tonyjannus.com/recipient |access-date=2022-09-04 |website=Tony Jannus Award |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1967-01-21 |title=Rickenbacker Is Honored For Assistance to Airlines |language=en-US |pages=28 |work=The New York Times |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1967/01/21/82993793.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0 |access-date=2022-09-04 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* [[Automotive Hall of Fame]], 1973<ref name=":16"/>
* [[International Motorsports Hall of Fame]], 1992<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eddie Rickenbacker |url=https://www.motorsportshalloffame.com/inductees/eddie-rickenbacker/ |access-date=2022-09-04 |website=International Motorsports Hall of Fame |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum|National Sprint Car Hall of Fame]], 1992<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hall of Fame Inductees {{!}} National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum |url=https://www.sprintcarhof.com/pages/hall-of-fame.aspx |access-date=2022-09-04 |website=sprintcarhof.com}}</ref>
* [[Motorsports Hall of Fame of America]], 1994<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rickenbacker, Eddie - Historic - 1994 {{!}} Inductees {{!}} Hall of Fame |url=https://www.mshf.com/hall-of-fame/inductees/eddie-rickenbacker.html |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=Motorsports Hall of Fame of America}}</ref>
* [[Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame]], 1999<ref>{{cite web|title=Edward V. Rickenbacker|url=http://www.gaaviationhalloffame.com/Hall-of-Fame.48.0.html?avid=80|access-date=October 9, 2018|website=Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170601012107/http://www.gaaviationhalloffame.com/Hall-of-Fame.48.0.html?avid=80|archive-date=2017-06-01|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[National Aviation Hall of Fame]], 2004<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=Edward "Eddie" Vernon Rickenbacker {{!}} National Aviation Hall of Fame |url=https://nationalaviation.org/enshrinee/edward-eddie-vernon-rickenbacker/ |access-date=2022-09-04 |language=en}}</ref>

=== Other honors ===

* When it opened in 1941, [[Dobbins Air Reserve Base]] in Georgia was originally called Rickenbacker Field, in his honor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dobbins Air Reserve Base, GA {{!}} History |url=https://www.dobbinshousing.com/history |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=dobbinshousing.com}}</ref>
* In November 1947, a {{Convert|4|mi|adj=on|spell=in}} [[Rickenbacker Causeway]] was completed, linking [[Miami, Florida|Miami]] with Crandon Park with [[Key Biscayne]].<ref>Blank, Joan Gill. ''Key Biscayne.'' Sarasota: Pineapple Press, 1996. p. 160. {{ISBN|1-56164-096-4}}</ref>
* He was made an honorary brother of the Alpha Pi Sigma fraternity in March 1949 at [[Parks Air College]] in Cahokia, Illinois.<ref>Saint Louis University Yearbook, 1949.</ref>
* In 1974, [[Lockbourne Air Force Base]], a [[Strategic Air Command]] (SAC) installation in Columbus, Ohio was renamed [[Rickenbacker Air Force Base]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |title=Lockbourne Air Force Base |url=http://www.strategic-air-command.com/bases/Lockbourne_AFB.htm |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=strategic-air-command.com}}</ref> On April 1, 1980, it was turned over to the [[Ohio Air National Guard]] and renamed [[Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base]] which shares an airfield with [[Rickenbacker International Airport]].<ref name=":10"/>
* The [[Rickenbacker Award]] is the [[Civil Air Patrol]] cadet achievement equivalent to an Air Force Technical Sergeant.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Achievement 4 - Rickenbacker |url=https://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/programs/cadets/stripes-to-diamonds/rickenbacker |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=gocivilairpatrol.com |language=en-us}}</ref>
* The United States Postal Service issued a postage stamp honoring Rickenbacker as an aviation pioneer in 1995.<ref>{{Cite web |title=60c Eddie Rickenbacker single |url=https://postalmuseum.si.edu/object/npm_1998.2008.172 |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=National Postal Museum, Smithsonian |language=en}}</ref> The stamp was reprinted in 1999 and reissued in 2000.
* A coffee shop and deli located at [[Maxwell Air Force Base]]'s University Inn is called Rickenbacker's.<ref name="Rickenbacker's">{{Cite web |title=Rickenbacker's |date=7 October 2018 |publisher=42d Force Support Squadron |url=https://www.lifeatthemax.us/rickenbacker-s-t-g |access-date=December 19, 2019}}</ref>
* Rickenbacker was named as the [[USAFA Class exemplar|class exemplar]] at the [[United States Air Force Academy]] for the Class of 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Class Facts {{!}} US Air Force Academy AOG & Endowment |url=https://www2.usafa.org/ClassData/Index/2004 |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=www2.usafa.org}}</ref>
* His childhood home in Columbus, Ohio is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] as the [[Captain Edward V. Rickenbacker House]].<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20110606210437/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1657&ResourceType=Building Captain Edward V. Rickenbacker House]". ''National Historic Landmark summary listing''. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2010-11-06.</ref>