Show Us Your Vets:

[clydepepper]

My thought was to include only those who saw actual combat, but then I said to myself, who am I to decide that.

1937 R314 BOB FELLER.jpg

1941 Play Ball TED WILLIAMS SGC-60.jpg

1910 T205 EDDIE GRANT PSA-5.jpg

1948 Bowman BOB FELLER PSA-7.jpg

1911 M116 Sporting Life EDDIE GRANT PSA-6.jpg

[Jeff1970Red]

Joe D

[RCMcKenzie]

WW1 in France I read...

[Brian Van Horn]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Travis

From wikipedia:

"Travis entered the Army in the winter of 1941-42, and spent most of World War II in the United States, playing on military baseball teams. Sent to Europe in late 1944 while serving in the 76th Infantry Division, he suffered a severe case of frostbite during the Battle of the Bulge, necessitating an operation to prevent amputation of his feet. Travis received a Bronze Star for his military service. Although only 31 years old when he returned to baseball, he was not the same player as he had been before the war, and hit .241 in late 1945 and .252 in 1946. He retired after batting .216 in 74 games in 1947. One month before his final game, he was honored with "Cecil Travis Night" at Griffith Stadium, with General Dwight D. Eisenhower in attendance."

[RCMcKenzie]

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[itjclarke]

Happy 4th all

[Brian Van Horn]

Here's a good site:

http://www.baseballinwartime.com/

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by Brian Van Horn

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Travis

From wikipedia:

"Travis entered the Army in the winter of 1941-42, and spent most of World War II in the United States, playing on military baseball teams. Sent to Europe in late 1944 while serving in the 76th Infantry Division, he suffered a severe case of frostbite during the Battle of the Bulge, necessitating an operation to prevent amputation of his feet. Travis received a Bronze Star for his military service. Although only 31 years old when he returned to baseball, he was not the same player as he had been before the war, and hit .241 in late 1945 and .252 in 1946. He retired after batting .216 in 74 games in 1947. One month before his final game, he was honored with "Cecil Travis Night" at Griffith Stadium, with General Dwight D. Eisenhower in attendance."

By the end of the 1941 season when he had just turned age 28, Cecil Travis had accumulated 1,370 hits and a .327 batting average, and he appeared to be well on his way to Cooperstown.
Val

[the 'stache]

Misters Feller and Kiner.

[darwinbulldog]

Harvard Eddie