{"id":5463,"date":"2010-05-30T13:17:36","date_gmt":"2010-05-30T20:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seamheads.com\/?p=5463"},"modified":"2010-05-30T13:17:36","modified_gmt":"2010-05-30T20:17:36","slug":"remembering-baseballs-dead-of-world-war-ii-on-memorial-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/30\/remembering-baseballs-dead-of-world-war-ii-on-memorial-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Baseball’s Dead of World War II on Memorial Day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>We don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t celebrate Memorial Day in Scotland. We have a day for military veterans in November called Remembrance Day, just like you have Veterans Day, but nothing at this time of year. I think we should. So, until our government listen to my advice and make it happen, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m going to share yours.<\/p>\n

Obviously, when thinking about the sacrifices made during WWII, I think about the 133 professional baseball players who never came home. When you consider that 416,800 American servicemen died during the war, 133 seems a very small percentage. In fact, it equates to 0.03%. But how do you measure the lives of men in percentages? The simple answer is you can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t. Every one of the 416,800 who died is remembered by someone, and the 133 ballplayers are forever remembered by me. Their names are etched in my memory. I see their smiling faces in old photographs; their carefree looks, their sweat-stained flannel baseball uniforms worn with immense pride. No doubt they wore the uniform of the United States armed forces with similar pride.<\/p>\n

So, here are the names of the 133 professional baseball players who made the ultimate sacrifice during World War II. Are you listening MLB? How about doing something for these guys? It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been over 60 years now.<\/p>\n

Jerry M. Angelich
\nHerman A. Bauer
\nFred W. Beal
\nConstantine G. “Gus” Bebas
\nHugh P. Bedient, Jr.
\nLeonard E. “Link” Berry
\nKeith F. Bissonnette
\nW. Davis “Buddy” Blewster
\nJoseph S. Boren
\nCharles W. “Chuck” Bowers
\nForrest V. “Lefty” Brewer
\nEdward A. Brock
\nMurrill J. Brown
\nEldred “Whitey” Burch
\nGeorge W. Chandler, Jr.
\nFloyd E. Christiansen
\nFrank J. Ciaffone
\nOrdway H. “Hal” Cisgen
\nClarence Clayton
\nHoward W. DeMartini
\nHarold B. “Hal” Dobson
\nNorman J. Duncan
\nLouis E. Elko
\nCharles “Chatty” Etherton, Jr.
\nCharles H. “Herb” Fash
\nFrank Faudem
\nJohn H. Fessler
\nErnest B. Ford, Jr.
\nGene Gabrych
\nGeorge Gamble
\nRobert W. Gary, Jr.
\nElmer J. Gedeon
\nConrad W. “Connie” Graff
\nAlan S. Grant
\nJames M. Grilk
\nRobert J. Gruss
\nFrank C. Haggerty
\nWilliam F. “Bill” Hansen
\nWilliam J. “Billy” Hebert
\nManuel P. “Nay” Hernandez
\nRobert K. Hershey
\nRoswell G. Higginbotham
\nErnest J. Holbrook
\nRobert D. Holmes
\nGordon E. Houston
\nErnest Hrovatic (Hrovatich)
\nHarry N. Imhoff, Jr.
\nFrank D. Janik
\nArdys B. “Art” Keller
\nStanley P. Klores
\nCarlyle J. “Curly” Kopp
\nHarry B. Ladner, Jr.
\nWalter E. Lake
\nHarlan D. Larsen
\nFelix A. Little
\nWalter G, “Whitey” Loos, Jr.
\nAndrew J. “Jack” Lummus, Jr.
\nTheodore C. “Ted” Maillet
\nDom P. Malchiodi
\nWilliam A. Marzalek
\nHenry Martinez
\nJohn W. “Duck” McKee
\nPaul V. A. Mellblom
\nGeorge A. Meyer
\nLouis I. Miller
\nJoseph T. Moceri
\nJohn T. “Jack” Moller
\nWalt Navie (Walter J. Nawiesniak)
\nJack A. Nealy
\nEdward S. Neusel
\nWilliam F. “Bill” Niemeyer
\nHenry S. “Hank” Nowak
\nHarry M. O’Neill
\nJoseph M. Palatas
\nJack H. Patterson
\nMetro Persoskie
\nCharles R. Pescod
\nJohn J. “Joe” Pinder, Jr.
\nHenry R. “Bob” Price
\nLuster Pruett
\nErnest R. Raimondi
\nJohn J. Regan
\nCharles J. “Pete” Rehkamp
\nJoseph W. Rodgers
\nMilton “Rosey” Rosenstein
\nMichael L. Sambolich
\nGlenn F. Sanford
\nWilliam A. “Bill” Sarver
\nWalter J. Schmisseur, Jr.
\nRobert C. “Bob” Schmukal
\nEdward N. Schohl
\nFranklin C. Schulz
\nCarl H. “Kappy” Scott
\nMarcel L. “Major” Serventi
\nDonald R. Shelton
\nHarold H. Sherman
\nJack C. Siens
\nArthur H. “Art” Sinclair
\nJohn M. “Mason” Smith
\nNorman K. Smith
\nMarshall M. Sneed
\nRodney L. Sooter
\nWilliam B. “Billy” Southworth Jr.
\nEarl V. “Lefty” Springer
\nGene Stack (Eugene F. Stachowiak)
\nDonald A. Stewart
\nAlvin “Bus” Stiewe
\nSylvester H. “Syl” Sturges
\nFredric W. Swift
\nJohnny P. Taylor
\nSteve L. Tonsick
\nJames Trimble III
\nEdgar W. Tuttle
\nWirt B. “Beecher” Twitchell, Jr.
\nLou Vann (Luigi G. Varanese)
\nJoseph Vecchio
\nArmando J. “Pete” Viselli
\nArthur C. Vivian, Jr.
\nElmer J. Wachtler
\nLeo M.H. Walker
\nRoman E. “Chipper” Wantuck
\nJames J. Whitfield
\nRichard L. “Dick” Williams
\nLester R. Wirkkala
\nStanford G. Wolfson
\nThomas J. Woodruff
\nAlan Wray (Alan W. Lightner)
\nElmere P. “Elmer” Wright
\nFrederick J. Yeske
\nMarion P. “Spud” Young
\nPeter J. Zarrilla
\nLamar A. “Dutch” Zimmerman
\nJohn J. Zulberti
\nGeorge C. Zwilling<\/p>\n

Today, in a quiet suburb of Glasgow, Scotland,\u00c2\u00a0these fallen ballplayers are remembered.<\/p>\n

Website: www.baseballinwartime.com<\/a>
\nBlog: Baseball in Wartime Blog<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Baseball’s Dead of World War II: A Roster of Professional Players Who Died in Service<\/span><\/a>\"\"<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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