War Stories

With the recent blogging activity about Oliver North and the All-Star game coming up I thought it would be nice to mention War Stories w/ Oliver North. If you have never seen the show you should tune in sometime. It is on Fox News, Sundays at 8pm.

The show yesterday was titled - From the Ballpark to the Battlefield: Baseball and World War II. One of the more interesting people interviewed was Yogi Berra. I had either forgotten or never knew that he served in the Navy and participated in the D-Day invasion at Omaha Beach. (Also interesting is that when Yogi returned after the war he played for a team in New London, CT - I imagine the town didn't kick a lady out of her house to build the stadium, but nowadays they would.)

Also interviewed was Bob Feller, the first MLB player to volunteer for active duty. Mr. Feller signed up for the Navy just two days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (found the info here - 1942: When Baseball Went to War).

There aren't many athletes who I consider heroes, but those who gave up or interrupted their baseball careers to serve our country during WWII are most certainly heroes. Even if you missed the most recent War Stories episode you should make an effort to watch some time, it is an excellent show.