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To: RWR8189

If you are passing through Iowa on I-80 stop at Feller's hometown of Van Meter --just west of Des Moines. The locals have a very nice museum and a lot of Feller autographed memorabilia for sale. John Wayne's home town, Winterset, is also close by and also the famed covered bridges of Madison County. A former Iowegian.


6 posted on 07/05/2004 4:56:52 PM PDT by The Great RJ
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To: The Great RJ
And if you're passing through Mobile, Alabama on Interstate 10, spend a couple of hours abroad the USS Alabama. On the self-guided tour I took, I saw a plaque marking the berth where Bob Feller slept while he served as a sailor aboard that mighty ship.

USS Alabama Website

Paragraph from website relating to Bob Feller: "[USS] ALABAMA’s most famous sailor was Robert “Bullet Bob” Feller, who was chosen Major League Baseball’s Best Right Handed Pitcher in the 20th century! Feller, an All-Star with the Cleveland Indians before Pearl Harbor, enlisted and served 34 months aboard BB-60 as a Chief Petty Officer in charge of one of the 40mm gun mounts, before returning to baseball and an outstanding career."

8 posted on 07/05/2004 5:05:07 PM PDT by jpthomas
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