Battleship Alabama Acquires Pitcher Bob Feller!

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Baseball Goes to War! When Japan attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor, star pitcher Bob Feller declined a draft exemption and forfeited a six-figure contract to join the Navy.

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Credits: US National Archives, US Naval Institute, Naval History & Heritage Command, Naval Historical Foundation (now apart of USNI)

Sources:
1. Sickels, John. Bob Feller: Ace of the Greatest Generation (Washington, DC: Brassey’s Inc., 2004).
2. Rogers, Daniel E. Battleship Alabama: Naval History Special Edition (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2023).
3. baseball-reference.com/players/f/fellebo01.shtml [“Bob Feller”]



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