This entry originally appeared in 2010 but is still relevant today.
As we observe Veterans Day, I just wanted to put give a shout out to the men and women who have sacrificed in the service of their country.
A sampling of the literature on the subject:
- Ted Williams at War
- An American Journey: My Life on the Field, in the Air, and on the Air, by Coleman
- Playing for Their Nation: Baseball and the American Military during World War II
When Baseball Went to War - POW Baseball in World War II: The National Pastime Behind Barbed Wire
- For the Good of the Country: World War II Baseball in the Major and Minor Leagues
- Spartan Seasons: How Baseball Survived the Second World War
- Even the Browns: Baseball During World War II
- Baseball in World War II Europe
- Dugout to Foxhole: Interviews With Baseball Players Whose Careers Were Affected by World War II
- Baseball and Other Matters in 1941
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