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Old 02-12-2012, 03:58 PM
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Default Bob Feller in WWII

I know he was mentioned in the very first thread, but folks like Rapid Robert Feller gave some of their best years to the war effort.
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Default WW II V Mail & Army Of Cuban Pacification

The hard to scan V Mail is from Zeke Bonura while in North Africa. The mounted photo is from Camp R.S. Mackenzie near Puerto Principe Cuba. The photographer's mark is not readable.
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Great items, everyone! I'm always fascinated by the military/baseball connection over the decades. Wars over the years affected the sport, slicing years off of many great players' careers. Likewise, baseball was a great diversion and pastime for those heroes who served overseas.

I was expecting to see Richard Simon's great letter from Capt. Hank Greenberg in this fine thread, but he must've missed it up to this point (I might have to shoot him a PM or post his letter myself ).
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CW did shoot me a PM, so here, once again, is my Hank Greenberg ALS, written during WWII. Read this letter, it is a great item and one of the favorites of my collection.
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"I am now stationed in China, helping to bring this war to a speedy, successful conclusion, so that when boys like yourself grow up, you can play baseball instead of going to war"

Wow. That is a really great letter and by far the best Hank Greenberg memorabilia I have ever seen on this board.
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I posted this in another thread, but it belongs in this one...1953 Elliott News Service Photo poster.
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Being a Greenberg collector I have to agree that is one of the finest letters of Hanks I have seen.....just amazing!
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