There are several well-done books chronicling the contributions made by athletes to the military service of their country that I wanted to mention on this special day:
- Spartan Seasons: How Baseball Survived the Second World War, by Richard Goldstein (who writes such eloquent obituaries for The New York Times), (McMillan, 1980)
- They Also Served: Baseball and the Home Front, 1941-45, by Bill Gilbert (Crown 1992)
- Baseball in ’41: A Celebration of the “Best Baseball Season Ever”, by Robert W. Creamer (Viking, 1991. Reprinted by Bison Books in 2000 as Baseball and Other Matters in 1941).
- Duty, Honor, Victory: America’s Athletes in World War II, by Gary Bloomfield (Lyons Press 2003) embraces all sports, not just baseball.
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