that's not true of greenburg. >> detroit slugger hank greenburg left first base for the army, served time and then went back in. >> greenburg who was drafted in 1940 and when his draft year hads been given and pearl harbor was bombed he enlisted the next day. >> baseball legend ted williams is every bit as legendary the marine corps where he serve as a fighter pilot during the war. the skills he played in the batter's box witheven more value in the cockpit. the set records that still stand in the marine corps to this day. >> people like ted williams went over, served, okay. back and seemed to pick up where they left off. >> most players were able to do this. williams and feller and greenburg returned to major league action after years away and picked it up. but there were those who didn't. people who lost their skills or lost their appetite for the game because of what they had seen in the war. >> it's also true that a lot of these guys weren't out there necessarily in frontline combat roles but there's a reason for that. >> dimaggio doubles to left understand. >> you couldn't put joe

> yet you read some of the names of these who served, ted williams, joe dimaggio, bob feller, hank greenburgewee reese, yoga berra, biggest names of their day. >> biggest names of their day were drafted rather than enlisted. that's not true of greenberg. >> hank greenberg left first base for the army, served his time and then went back in. >> greenberg who had been drafted in 1940 and when his draft year had been given and pearl harbor was bombed, he enlisted the very next day. >> baseball legend ted williams is every bit as legendary in the marine core where he served as a fighter pilot during war. the skills he displayed in the batter's box were more valuable in the cockpit. during training, he set records that still stand in the marine corps to this day. >> people like ted williams went over and served, came back and picked up where they left off. >> most players were able to do this. they returned to major league action after years away and picked it up. there were those that didn't. people who lost their skills or lost their appetite for the game because of what they had seen in the war