Two Men

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Just a guy with 39 successful combat flight missions on his resume about to dig in with a machine gunner at Omaha Beach on D-Day behind the plate. Two goddamn men. pic.twitter.com/6wscMiQue8

— Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) February 2, 2023

Ted Williams served in both WW2 and Korea, missing nearly five seasons at the peak of his career.  For Korea he trained as a jet fighter pilot, flew combat missions as John Glenn's wingman, and survived a crash landing after his jet was crippled by enemy fire.

Yogi Berra served as a machine gunner on a Navy gunboat supporting the D-Day landings at Utah Beach on June 6, 1944.  Two months later he was in the Mediterranean supporting the invasion of southern France where, while engaging German shore forces, he was wounded in the hand, receiving the Purple Heart.

I had the privilege of meeting Yogi and his family at an event at his museum in Montclair, NJ in the fall of 2009.  Lovely man, lovely family.