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To: Gordon A. Langston who wrote (270951)	7/7/2002 7:03:12 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

re;" at least part of his time in WWII was teaching flying. I've seen no reference to combat or a combat unit or theater of war. " I thought I posted the following earlier but I quess I lost it. salon.com here's the pertinent passage.... " The euphoria didn't last long, of course. With World War II breaking out, Williams' draft status was 1-A. He requested -- and received -- a deferment because his mother was dependent on him. By the time he got to spring training in 1942, his press pals were making his "un-American" life miserable. The fans crucified him. It was becoming increasingly popular in New England to hate Ted Williams. The heckling got so bad that, in one early-season game, Williams intentionally hit foul balls into the stands in attempts to hit one vociferous verbal attacker. Eventually, Williams relented and enlisted in the Navy Reserve, where he spent the next three years discovering a new love: flying. <http://images.salon.com/src/print.gif> Print story <http://images.salon.com/src/email.gif> E-mail story He never made it into battle and returned to the field in 1946 with a vengeance, jawing at journalists and striking poses at the plate, hitting the first pitch he saw for a homer.