02-11-2007, 12:14 AM
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-obit-bauer&prov=ap&type=lgns
Hank Bauer wasn't an American hero for plaing baseball. He was a solid, scrappy ballplayer who didn't stand out on a team of all stars, but got the job done to help win pennants and WS titles.
He was a hero for fighing in WWII earning 2 Purple Hearts and 2 Bronze Stars and serving this nation in a time of need.
"One month after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Bauer enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. While in the South Pacific, Bauer contracted malaria, but recovered enough to earn 11 campaign ribbons, two Bronze Stars and a pair of Purple Hearts in 32 months of combat. His second injury came during the Battle of Okinawa, when he commanded a platoon of 64 men. Only six survived the brutal siege, with shrapnel hitting Bauer in the thigh and sending him home." - wikipedia.org
Very, very few sports stars could be called heros, but I beleive he was one of them.
RIP
Hank Bauer wasn't an American hero for plaing baseball. He was a solid, scrappy ballplayer who didn't stand out on a team of all stars, but got the job done to help win pennants and WS titles.
He was a hero for fighing in WWII earning 2 Purple Hearts and 2 Bronze Stars and serving this nation in a time of need.
"One month after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Bauer enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. While in the South Pacific, Bauer contracted malaria, but recovered enough to earn 11 campaign ribbons, two Bronze Stars and a pair of Purple Hearts in 32 months of combat. His second injury came during the Battle of Okinawa, when he commanded a platoon of 64 men. Only six survived the brutal siege, with shrapnel hitting Bauer in the thigh and sending him home." - wikipedia.org
Very, very few sports stars could be called heros, but I beleive he was one of them.
RIP
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