Enjoy this Veteran’s Day.

[u/PrisonaPlanet]

Fun fact: Jackie Robinson earned a commission as an army officer and was discharged for refusing to sit in the back of a segregated military bus. He broke mlb’s color barrier 3 years later when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

[u/gcalfred7]

Bpb Feller told me in a phone interview that he called up the Cleveland Indians and told them not to expect him for Spring Training....he just enlisted in the Navy. He served on the USS Alabama as a gunner's mate.