War Stories with Oliver North From the Ballpark to the Battlefield: Baseball and World War II (Season 7, Episode 10)
TV Episode | Documentary, History, War

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War Stories with Oliver North

From the Ballpark to the Battlefield: Baseball and World War II (Season 7, Episode 10)

TV Episode | Documentary, History, War

How the national pastime - and the men who played it - helped boost morale and achieve victory in World War II, with more than 500 major leaguers and 4,000 minor leaguers serving in the military.

Writers

Greg Ebben | Martin Hinton | Steven Tierney

Producers

Greg Ebben | Steven Tierney

Editor

Scott Biederman

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Edit Released

Updated Jul 9, 2006

Release date

Jul 9, 2006 (United States)

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Cast	+ Add Cast
29 cast members

Name	Known for
Oliver North Self - Host (as Lt. Col. Oliver North) Self - Host (as Lt. Col. Oliver North) See fewer	The Americans (2013)
Mel Allen Self (voice) (archive footage) Self (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
Todd Anton Self Self See fewer	The Girl Who Wore Freedom (2020)
Moe Berg Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Yogi Berra Self Self See fewer	The Phil Silvers Show (1955)
Jerry Coleman Self Self See fewer	1956 World Series (1956)
Dottie Collins Self Self See fewer	War Stories with Oliver North (2001)
Dominic DiMaggio Self Self See fewer	Two of a Kind (1940)
Joe DiMaggio Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Manhattan Merry-Go-Round (1937)
Bob Feller Self Self See fewer	It's My Turn (1980)
Lou Gehrig Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Rawhide (1938)
Hank Greenberg Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (1998)
Ernie Harwell Self Self See fewer	Cobb (1994)
Adolf Hitler Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Triumph of the Will (1935)
Monte Irvin Self Self See fewer	It's My Turn (1980)
Douglas MacArthur Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Assignment in Korea (1951)
Morrie Martin Self Self See fewer	War Stories with Oliver North (2001)
Bernard L. Montgomery Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Montgomery Speaks His Mind (1959)
Chester W. Nimitz Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Secret Land (1948)
Bill Nowlin Self Self See fewer	War Stories with Oliver North (2001)
Johnny Pesky Self Self See fewer	Prime 9 (2009)
Phil Rizzuto Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Summer of Sam (1999)
Jackie Robinson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
Erwin Rommel Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Deutsche Soldaten in Afrika (1942)
Franklin D. Roosevelt Self (archive footage) (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) Self (archive footage) (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) See fewer	The President's Mystery (1936)
Babe Ruth Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Speedy (1928)
Curt Schilling Self Self See fewer	Million Dollar Arm (2014)
Bobby Thomson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	It's My Turn (1980)
Ted Williams Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The History of Sportfishing