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Post by connie on Jun 23, 2012 9:54:36 GMT -5
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Post by connie on Jun 9, 2013 14:09:58 GMT -5
An article on Wartime Baseball tells the baseball, military, and military baseball history of PFC Edward I Feinberg, 424 Infantry Regiment: www.baseballinwartime.com/player_biographies/feinberg_eddie.htmThis article includes a photo of the 106th Infantry Division Cubs in Germany, 1945. And it speaks of the game for which the above post shows a program. According to the 106th Infantry Division Roster, a perpetual project of Jim West on the Indiana Military Site, Feinberg was in Cannon Company of the 424th. There have also been articles on his story in the Cub. |
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Post by connie on Jun 10, 2013 9:35:33 GMT -5
Floyd (and anyone else who wants to chime in),
The division team shown in the photo on the above link naturally included a small number of men.
Beyond this, I believe that sometime post VE day, nearly every man in the division became involved in baseball at a smaller unit level as a way of keeping men occupied and keeping up morale.
Did you play ball, too? On a company level? Smaller unit?
Connie
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Post by floydragsdale on Jun 11, 2013 18:56:57 GMT -5
Hi Connie:
No, I did not take part in any baseball activities. I probably would have if I had known about it.
I think this was approximately the time that I very innocently exposed a black-market operation going on in our company. That put me in good graces at higher levels, however that incident really put this Soldier in the doghouse at our company level.
Believe me, there were politics in the Army. As a nineteen year old I was beginning to realize that not every one walked a straight and narrow path in life. Enuff said.
Floyd
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Post by connie on Jun 12, 2013 2:28:01 GMT -5
Floyd,
Your experience at this time was not a "lighter moment." But it was an important and sobering reality that is an important awareness for us all. You have mentioned this fact before. But against this lighter post VE day stuff, it really stands out in stark contrast.
Thank you for having the courage to share this (combined with the restraint to keep it simple.)
Connie
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Post by floydragsdale on Jun 12, 2013 8:58:21 GMT -5
Hello Connie:
If my mind serves me correctly, the 106th Division baseball team at Camp Lucky Strike won some rather high honors. Maybe Champs of the entire Camp, or something like that. By this time, that issue is somewhat fuzzy in my mind.
Floyd
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Post by andigail on Apr 27, 2019 15:13:33 GMT -5
Hi, I notice the last comment was posted 6 yrs ago. I don't know if this chat group is still active. I am proud to comment that I have that exact baseball program in my father's WWII box. He was a bandsman in the 35th division and they performed at the baseball event. Somehow at the end of the war he ended up in the 106th according to his discharge papers. I think it was so he could get shipped home sooner.
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Post by connie on Apr 27, 2019 15:23:55 GMT -5
So much fun to hear from you... Neat that you have that same program.
The amazing thing about a discussion board like this is that a conversation can continue even after a 6-year delay!
Interesting that your dad ended up in the 106th...
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Here's a link to a photo of an official baseball program proclaiming a double header for the 106th and 36th Infantry Divisions on the occasion of the dedication of the Ardennes Stadium in Karlsruhe, Germany on July 24, 1945. Does this bring back any memories?