Letter From Commissioner Landis to President Roosevelt,
January 14, 1942
Source: National Baseball Hall
of Fame
Letter to Kenesaw Mountain Landis from FDR, January 15, 1942, urging
Organized Baseball to continue as the United States enters World War II.
This document is often referred to as "The Green Light Letter."
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of Fame
Ted Williams, the fighter pilot
Source: ESPN
Joe DiMaggio and Pee Wee Reese in service baseball
uniforms.
Source: National Baseball Hall
of Fame
Pete Gray
Source:
Asahi-Net
Bert Shepard
Bert Shepard, a journeyman minor league
pitcher, had his right leg amputated after his fighter plane crashed in
Germany. On
August 4, 1945, Shepard became an inspiration to all wartime amputees
when he pitched five innings for the Senators against the Red Sox. Shepard
continued playing in the minor leagues until 1954.
Source:
www.baseballlibrary.com/.../ S/Shepard_Bert.stm
Advertisement published in The Sporting News, July 29, 1943. This is
one of a series of advertisements from the Spalding Sporting Goods Company
which focuses on baseball as a diversion from the stress of working in
wartime industry.
Source: National Baseball Hall
of Fame
"Broadcast of the 1942 All Star game,
played July 6 at New York's Polo Grounds, in which the final out in the
bottom of the ninth just beats the East-Coast war curfew"
Source:
The
Home Front
Jackie Robinson in Uniform
Source: National Baseball Hall
of Fame