[G.Mason]

That makes two great Americans that died on this day and no doubt more we aren't aware of......Ted Williams and Benjamin O. Davis Jr.

Thank you both and God bless.

Benjamin O. Davis Jr.

Ted Williams

[norton]

Two fine and heroic men, both passing and leaving lesser men in their place.

However, note that:
Davis remained in public service as long as he was needed and carried a fine tradition from his father.
Williams is always pictured hitting a baseball, he also fought two wars that I am sure he could have avoided, taking five years from a profitable career.
[More recently I seem to remember a USNI graduate who was stationed his entire Navy 'career' 20 miles away from the pro football team he played for while still in uniform - see a contrast there?]