and hank greenburg. and pee we. and yogi berraa. >> biggest names of their day were drafted rather than enlisted and that's not true of green burg. >> the detroit slugger hank greenburg left 1st base for the army and served time and went back in. ngreenburg was drafted in 1940 and when his draft year was begin and pearl harbor was bombed he enlisted the next day. >> ted williams is every bit as ledgenary in the marine corps. and the skills he displayed in the batter's box proved helpful in his training. ted williams went over and served and came back and picked up the way they were left off. >> most player ares were able to do this. they returned to major log action after years away and picked it up. but there were those who didn't and lost their skills orap tight for the game because of what they had seen in the war. >> it is thorough that a lot of the guys weren't out there in front line combat roles but there is a reason for that. >> you couldn't put joe dimaggio in a situation where he would be wounded, killed or from a propagan