No question, Joe was a pr!ck. Regardless if he'd seen action, He DID enlist and as luck would have it, he wasn't needed overseas. But certainly could have shipped out if the Enola Gay and Bock's Car hadn't have taken off from Tinean one month before the Dago received his DD214.
Incidentally, Teddy also had more problems than a math book and had little love for the Beantown fans (and it was reciprocal) 'til later in his career. It's understandable, Boston fans can be painfully critical, yet the most grateful. Often times in the same inning
My question to noone in particular, Who in Today's game would make theirself available for the Country?
List of Am Leaguers who served in WWII;
http://www.baseballinwartime.com/tho..._served_al.htm