williams, joe deimagine joe -- dimaggio, bob feller, hank greenburg, pea pea reese, stan musial, yogiber yall dickey, biggest names of the day. >> sometimes were drafted rather than enlisted. that's not true of greenburg. >> detroit slugger hank greenburg left first base for the army, served his 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. >>