Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Yogi Berra World War II Veteran Received the Navy's Lone Sailor Award

Yankees Hall of Famer, Navy vet Yogi Berra dies at 90
The Associated Press
By Mike Stewart
September 23, 2015
His wife once asked Berra where he wanted to be buried, in St. Louis, New York or Montclair.
"I don't know," he said. "Why don't you surprise me?"
New York Yankees legend and Baseball Hall of Famer Yogi Berra, girst lady Michelle Obama, center, and Dr. Jill Biden, left, escort Iraq veteran Tony Odierno onto the field so he can throw out the ceremonial first pitch prior to the first game of the 2009 World Series between the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Phillies at Yankee Stadium on Oct. 28, 2009.
(Photo: Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)
NEW YORK — The lovable legend of Yogi Berra, that ain't ever gonna be over.

The Hall of Fame catcher renowned as much for his dizzying malapropisms as his unmatched 10 World Series championships with the New York Yankees, died Tuesday. He was 90.

Berra, who served as a sailor in World War II, received the Navy's Lone Sailor Award in 2009. An announcement from the Navy Memorial at the time said he exemplified the Navy's core values.

"Our honorees are living examples of how service to country changes lives and helps develop leaders," said retired Rear Adm. Edward Walker Jr., president and CEO of the Navy Memorial, in 2009.

Berra interrupted his baseball career during World War II to enlist in the Navy, and he served aboard a missile boat during the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944. He first took the field for the Yankees in 1946 and finished his Hall of Fame career in 1965.
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Yogi Berra was interviewed back in 2004
Trained at Little Creek Base in Norfolk, Virginia, Berra proudly served the U.S. Navy from 1944-1945 when he was just 18. Berra helped soften up German defenses and ran messages from Omaha Beach to Utah Beach. He also participated in a second attack on France, receiving a medal from the French government for his efforts.

Oh, and he also coined the phrase, “It ain’t over till its over!”


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