Where The Ball Went Was Up To

I Try To Be A Good Human Being And Keep Up With What's Going On In The World By Reading And Staying In Touch With The Current Events.

My Father Loved Baseball And He Cultivated My Talent. I Don't Think He Ever Had Any Doubt In His Mind That I Would Play Professional Baseball Someday.

I Went On Inactive Duty In August 1945, And Since I Had Stayed In Such Good Shape And Had Played Ball On Military Teams, I Was Ready To Start For The Indians Just Two Days Later, Against The Tigers.

I'm No Hero. Heroes Don't Come Back. Survivors Return Home. Heroes Never Come Home. If Anyone Thinks I'm A Hero, I'm Not.

I Spent 34 Months On The Battleship Alabama, South Dakota-class. I Was A Gun Captain. First We Went To Russia For About 11 Months With The British Convoys. Then We Were Up In Norway And Scandinavia.