Although not as well known to baseball fans, Weintraub also tells the story of Eiji Sawamura, the Japanese pitching star who rebuffed offers to join major league baseball and who subsequently died in World War II fighting for Japan.
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Feller received numerous campaign ribbons and battle stars for his service in the Navy; Lohrke gained fame as a man who cheated death so many times, both during and after the war, he was given the nickname “Lucky” Lohrke.
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