In The Pacific | Lost

On October 21, 1942, during World War II, a B-17 Flying Fortress carrying Colonel Eddie Rickenbacker on a secret fact-finding mission for the Pentagon strayed hundreds of miles off course. Unable to find their refueling stop at Canton Island, the crew was forced to ditch the plane in a remote part of the Central Pacific.

: Most supplies were lost during the crash; the men were left with only four oranges. For 24 days, they battled dehydration, starvation, and exposure to the sun. Lost in the Pacific

: Eight men—including Rickenbacker, his aide, and a five-man crew—scrambled into three small inflatable rafts. On October 21, 1942, during World War II,