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My Father Loved Baseball And He Cultivated My Talent. I Don't Think He Ever Had Any Doubt In His Mind That I Would Play Professional Baseball Someday.

I Spent 34 Months On The Battleship Alabama, South Dakota-class. I Was A Gun Captain. First We Went To Russia For About 11 Months With The British Convoys. Then We Were Up In Norway And Scandinavia.

The Soldiers That Didn't Come Back Were The Heroes. It's A Roll Of The Dice. If A Bullet Has Your Name On It, You're A Hero. If You Hear A Bullet Go By, You're A Survivor.

I Did What Any American Could And Should Do: Serve His Country In Its Time Of Need.

I Just Reared Back And Let Them Go.