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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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