Gil Hodges elected to the HOF!
This is great. Gil won two World Series as a players and another as manager of the Miracle Mets in ‘69. Gil served in the pacific theater as a Marine in WWII and won a Bronze Star for his service at Okinawa.
Gil was my uncle’s roommate at St Joe’s College in Rensselaer IN. My uncle also served, flying the P-38 in the Pacific theater.
Thrilled for Gil’s family.
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P 38 Lightning wreaked havoc on German aircraft,top speed 443 MPH
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Good grief, did he have some stories
When some guy named Charles Lindbergh flew several missions with his unit. FDR despised Lindbergh due to his very public anti-war activism leading up to our entry into WWII. When the US entered the war, Lindbergh desperately wanted to serve, and found a way to fly P-38s in the Pacific. It was done very quietly with no fanfare. FDR made it known that Lindbergh was absolutely not to serve, but Lindbergh found a way.
American Hero of the first order
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Part of some great Dodger teams
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