Show Us Your Battle-Worn Vets:

[Leon]

That is a very cool helmet. Wow. Great story and service to our country.

Originally Posted by commishbob

Eddie Grant was the first major league player to die in combat.

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This is the plaque that was installed at the Polo Grounds in his memory.

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Off Topic: This is the helmet my grandfather Manuel Andrews wore during his time as an infantryman with the 9th Batallion of the 2nd Division in France in 1918/1919. He suffered the effects of mustard gas during the Battle of Belleau Wood in 1918 and it affected him to some extent for the rest of his life. He arrived in Key West from the Azore Islands as a stowaway at the age of 14. He Anglicized his name and falsified his age to join the Army at the age of 15 and was sent to France where the 2nd Division was formed.

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[Koufax32fan]

Let's not forget Hank. (The photo was grabbed from the Net.)

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by Koufax32fan

Let's not forget Hank. (The photo was grabbed from the Net.)

Yes! Yes!

1934 GOUDEY - HANK GREENBERG PSA-5.jpg

[tedzan]

Raymond

Here's an interesting WWII story for you regarding Murry Dickson (a 20-year career Relief Pitcher).........



In 1944, Murry Dickson was a Sergeant in the Army in the midst of serious battles in Germany. There he met General George S. Patton. As Dickson recounted it,
Patton stepped outside an observation post to get a better look at the German artillery. An enemy shell exploded near them, Patton then piled on top of Dickson
in a foxhole to protect Dickson. A few days later, Dickson's Commanding Officer called him into his office and handed him a request from General Patton. Patton
wanted Sergeant Dickson to be his jeep driver. Dickson begged his Commanding Officer to get him out of that assignment because he said Patton was "crazy",
and that he would get them all killed.



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[GregZakwin]