Photo #: NH 102847
Chief Specialist Robert William ("Bob") Feller
By a 40mm quadruple anti-aircraft gun mount, probably on board
USS Alabama (BB-60) in late 1942 or early 1943.
The original caption (released 5 March 1943) reads: "GUN
CAPTAIN FELLER -- Bob Feller, one of the finest baseball pitchers
of the era, is all set to do a different kind of pitching these
days. As a Chief Specialist, he is the captain of a 40mm gun
crew aboard one of Uncle Sam's new battleships. The former American
Leaguer joined the U.S. Navy as a physical education instructor
and later applied for Gunnery School. Subsequently he was assigned
to sea duty and here he is -- grin and all -- beside his guns
on a cold winter day."
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the "All Hands"
collection at the Naval Historical Center.
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