In order to survive he comes up with a way to miniaturize the battery and figures out that the battery can power something else. He survives - barely - with a chest full of shrapnel and a car battery attached to his heart.

That ride ends badly when Stark's Humvee that he's riding in is attacked by enemy combatants. James Rhodes, he's given a ride on enemy lines. When Tony Stark is assigned to give a weapons presentation to an Iraqi unit led by Lt. Son of legendary inventor and weapons contractor Howard Stark.

Genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist.