he s enshrined as part of a tradition that includes babe ruth, lou gehrig and joe dimaggio. and his unique brand of wisdom will live forever in american culture. lawrence peter berra was born may 12th, 1925. his parents raised him in the hill district in the south side of st. louis. the son of a brickyard worker he left school after eighth grade to work in a coal yard. a friend gave him his lifelong nickname. he said berra looked like a yogi in a hindu themed movie and it stuck. in 1943 he signed with the new york yankees. but baseball would have to wait. with world war ii in full swing, yogi joined the navy, volunteering for duty on a rocket boat that capsized during the d-day invasion. i thought it was like fourth of july. i was only 19 years old. it was, i thought it was beautiful. and i was standing up there, said you got to get your head down here, son. berra was discharged in may of 1946. by the end of that baseball season he was wearing pinstripes. berra anchored the yanke
bunks. all inmates facing the back wall. hand behind your back. bunks 41 to 40. get up and go out to the brickyard. single file. we search for contraband. drugs. weapons. anything that has been altered from its original form. anything that, they re not supposed to have in their possession. the inmates are directed to sit down in the dorm s enclosed rec yard. the search team will hold them there as officers conduct a thorough search for contraband. first a drug detection dog is brought tune sniff out narcotics. inmates are very crafty. there are thousand of places where narcotics can be hidden within the units. and they have found drugs in peanut butter, in mattresses, inmates are here, 24 hours a day. they have plenty of time to think where to hide stuff. this time, the dog doesn t
hand behind your back. bunks 41 to 40. get up and go out to the brickyard. single file. we search for contraband. drugs. weapons. anything that has been altered from its original form. anything that, they re not supposed to have in their possession. the inmates are directed to sit down in the dorm s enclosed rec yard. the search team will hold them there as officers conduct a thorough search for contraband. first a drug detection dog is brought tune sniff out narcotics. inmates are very crafty. there are thousand of places where narcotics can be hidden within the units. and they have found drugs in peanut butter, in mattresses, inmates are here, 24 hours a day. they have plenty of time to think where to hide stuff. this time, the dog doesn t discover any drugs among the inmates possessions. but she does find a pack of imitation narcotics put there by her handler.
hands behind your back. bunks 41 to 48. get up and go out to the brickyard. single file. we search for contraband, drugs, weapons, anything that has been altered from its original form. anything that, they re not supposed to have in their possession. the inmates are directed to sit down in the dorm s enclosed rec yard. the search team will hold them there as officers conduct a thorough search for contraband. first a drug detection dog is brought in to sniff out narcotics. inmates are very crafty. there are thousand of places where narcotics can be hidden within the units. and they have found drugs in peanut butter, in mattresses, inmates are here 24 hours a day. they have plenty of time to think where to hide stuff. this time, the dog doesn t discover any drugs among the inmates possessions, but she does find a pack of imitation narcotics put there by her handler.