Volume 2, Issue 12 Gary Bedingfield’s August 2008 Contact: Baseball in Wartime
[email protected] www.baseballinwartime.com The Boys of an English Summer elcome to the 12th issue of the middlin’ baseball player,” had an “uncanny Baseball in Wartime newsletter way of influencing my life and career in more - the only publication dedicated ways than one.” to baseball during World War II. W In 2007, I was contacted by Marcus The newsletter is now distributed to over Brotherton who assisted Compton in the 2,000 recipients and continues to feature in- writing of this book. He wanted to use a depth articles on little-known wartime photo of the Seine Section Clowns ball team baseball events as well as keeping you up-to- that I had on Compton’s bio page on date with the latest news. Baseball in Wartime. I was happy to oblige. I was also looking forward to reading about This issue features a detailed account of the this exceptional man’s life and I wasn’t all-professional game that was played disappointed in any way. Compton is an between the Army and Eighth Air Force at ordinary man with an extraordinary life. A London, England in 1943. The discovery of true American hero - a genuine citizen this event back in the mid-1990s was the soldier. catalyst to my obsession with wartime baseball. It triggered a host of interviews with You can get Call of Duty players or their relatives that led to my efforts from the in trying to capture details of every Baseball in Wartime Book Store professional baseball player’s World War II (in association with amazon.com) military service.