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WW2 POWs in MLB
Believe it or not, baseball was actually played at German POW camps in WWII. A small number of these men would eventually make it to MLB.
I hope you enjoy this video and tribute to these brave men.
00:00 Introduction
03:57 Red Cross
04:32 MIS-X
05:00 Baseball in camps
09:27 Photos by Angelo Spinelli
11:06 MLB POWs
"POW Baseball in World War II: The National Pastime Behind Barbed Wire" - Tim Wolter
"The Escape Factory: The Story of Mis-X, the Super-Secret U.S. Agency Behind World War II's Greatest Escapes" - Lloyd Shoemaker
National Prisoner of War Museum in Andersonville, GA - https://www.nps.gov/ande/planyourvisit/natl_pow_museum.htm
"Life Behind Barbed Wire: The Secret World War II Photographs of Angelo M. Spinelli" - Angelo Spinelli
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By The Athlete ArchivesBelieve it or not, baseball was actually played at German POW camps in WWII. A small number of these men would eventually make it to MLB.
I hope you enjoy this video and tribute to these brave men.
00:00 Introduction
03:57 Red Cross
04:32 MIS-X
05:00 Baseball in camps
09:27 Photos by Angelo Spinelli
11:06 MLB POWs
"POW Baseball in World War II: The National Pastime Behind Barbed Wire" - Tim Wolter
"The Escape Factory: The Story of Mis-X, the Super-Secret U.S. Agency Behind World War II's Greatest Escapes" - Lloyd Shoemaker
National Prisoner of War Museum in Andersonville, GA - https://www.nps.gov/ande/planyourvisit/natl_pow_museum.htm
"Life Behind Barbed Wire: The Secret World War II Photographs of Angelo M. Spinelli" - Angelo Spinelli