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Posted By: Bob

What you might not know about Spahnie is that not only did he serve his country, he survived the bloodbath, being wounded, at the Battle of the Bulge. He was a true hero, not one of the many players who merely wore the uniform and played baseball for their post teams or shoveled sh$$ in Louisiana. Eddie Grant (who died), Ted Williams (whose plane was shot down in Korea) and Warren Spahn, among many other less noticeable names in MLB, were true heroes.
I had a chance to meet Spahn years ago at a card convention and he was simply great to talk to and it was great to listen to his reminiscenes.