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Major League Baseball
Goes to War

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Freddie Caligiuri, Connie Mack Jr. & Elmer Valo

January 13th, 1944
Freddie Caliguiri (left) A's Pitcher 1941-1942 with Connie Mack Jr (center), Mr. Mack's son and father of Senator Connie Mack III of Florida and Elmer Valo (right) A's Outfielder 1940-1943, 1946-1954.

Benny McCoy	Hans Lobert & Al Brancato
February 6, 1942 Benny McCoy A's Infielder 1940-1941 (left) with Coxswain Lt. C.B. Taylor at the Naval Training Center in Great Lakes, Michigan.	Phillies Manager Hans Lobert 1942 (left) and Al Brancato A's Infielder and South Philly Great 1939-1941, 1945, together at Old Shibe Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Joe Coleman

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May 30th, 1943
Lt. George D. Kepler USNR (left) and A's pitcher Joe Coleman 1942 -1946 and 1951-1952

May 30th, 1943
Joe Coleman A's Pitcher 1942, 1946-1951, 1953 pitches for Chapel Hill Cloudbusters at the US Naval-Pre-Flight School in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Jack Knott

March 2, 1945
Captain Jim Eastman and A's Pitcher Jack Knott 1941-1942-1946

Dario Lodigiani

September 22, 1943
Corporal Dario Lodigani Army Air Force A's Infielder 1938-1940.

Lum Harris

August 28th, 1944
Lum Harris (left) A's pitcher 1941-1944 and 1946 shown here with Chief Yeoman Philip at US Naval Training Center in Sampson, New York.

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Bert Kuczynski

August 12, 1943
Bert Kuczynski (right) former University of Pennsylvania Great and A's Pitcher 1943, learns judo with an unknown instructor.

February 26, 1945
Bert Kuczynski (right) former U of P Great and A's Pitcher 1943 gets 'smoked up" after a tussle in famous Fine Fighters School US Naval Training Center in Bainbridge, MD.

Sam Chapman

January 23rd, 1942
Sam Chapman A's Outfielder 1938 - 1941, 1945-1951 at the Naval Air Training Center in Norfolk, Virginia.

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February 4th, 1942
Sam Chapman earns his wings at the Naval Air Training Center in Corpus Christi, Texas.

January 23rd, 1942
Chief Specialists Sam Chapman and Bob Feller at the United States Naval Training Center in Norfolk, Virginia.

These photos are from the personal collection of A's Society member, Charles Burkhardt from Topton, PA. If you are not already a member of the Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society and are interested in becoming a member, click here to find out the details.

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Major League Baseball Goes to War

Benny McCoy

Hans Lobert & Al Brancato