but war was across two oceans about to change everything in america even our leisure. there were 500 major league players who served. yes. almost everybody of consequence did serve. either they were stars before the war, they were stars after the war. yet you read some of the names of these who served, ted williams, joe dimaggio, bob feller, hank greenburg, peewee reese, yoga berra, biggest names of their day. biggest names of their day were drafted rather than enlisted. that s not true of greenberg. hank greenberg left first base for the army, served his time and then went back in. greenberg who had been drafted in 1940 and when his draft year had been given and pearl harbor was bombed, he
day. baseball legend ted williams is every bit as legendary the marine corps where he serve as a fighter pilot during the war. the skills he played in the batter s box witheven more value in the cockpit. the set records that still stand in the marine corps to this day. people like ted williams went over, served, okay. back and seemed to pick up where they left off. most players were able to do this. williams and feller and greenburg returned to major league action after years away and picked it up. but there were those who didn t. people who lost their skills or lost their appetite for the game because of what they had seen in the war. it s also true that a lot of these guys weren t out there necessarily in frontline combat roles but there s a reason for that. dimaggio doubles to left understand. you couldn t put joe dimaggio in a situation where he would be wounded, killed, or
but war was brewing across two oceans-about to change everything in america, even our leisure but there were five 500 major league players who served. yes. almost everybody of consequence did serve. either they were stars before the war or stars after the war. yet you read some of the names of those who served, ted williams, joe deimagine joe dimaggio, bob feller, hank greenburg, pea pea reese, stan musial, yogiber ya, bill dickey, biggest names of the day. sometimes were drafted rather than enlisted. that s not true of greenburg. detroit slugger hank greenburg left first base for the army, served his time and then went back in. greenburg who was drafted in 1940 and when his draft year hads been given and pearl harbor was bombed he enlisted the next
creation, west point: is there that you can now experience the major battles that shaped our nation, on a golf course, the course at west point allows you to tee up while you take in a history listen that unfurls one hole at a time, beginning with the american revolution and ending with afghanistan. i had the opportunity to play the course while honoring the men and women who have gone to war to keep the rest of us free. you ll find it 50 miles north of new york city. and 250 years back in the history of this nation. george washington found this to be what he called the key to the continent and thought if he could control west point and control the hudson river against the large e navy and army the world, the british arm andoffy, we could secure the united states. it was an eight, year would are in the revolution. [drumming] west point, george washington s brainchild. the nation s oldest military academy. known for its distive stone architecture and iconic cadet chapel.