Ted Williams met George H.W. Bush in combat pilot training, and their friendship endured
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In the summer of 1942, the names of future President George H.W. Bush and Boston Red Sox slugger Theodore Samuel Williams were typed on the same...
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    Bush and Boston Red Sox slugger Theodore Samuel Williams were typed on the same page of a memorandum sent to the chief of naval personnel.

    Fraying with time, the delicate onion-skin record preserved a story of two ballplayers from different backgrounds who dared to become fighter pilots in the prime of their lives.

    Fraying with time, the delicate onion-skin record preserved a story of two ballplayers from different backgrounds who dared to become fighter pilots in the prime of their lives.

    On May 22, 1942, a publicity still of the Red Sox hitter electrified the baseball world when Williams posed in a wrinkled khaki trench coat, raising his hand to recite the oath against a backdrop of recruiting posters.

    In 1991, Bush awarded his friend the Presidential Medal of Freedom, recognizing Williams’ contributions to his fellow man through athletics and charity work such as the Jimmy Fund.

    Anne R. Keene is the author of The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II.

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