Yogi Berra and a Congressional Medal of Freedom

Yogi Berra like most of the members of the Great Crusade

Is looking around and seeing his beloved vets drop out of their final parade

A great catcher who could handle the heat

A rifle arm to send stealing runners into defeat

Also was good as a naval gunner spitting out lead

Supporting the D-Day landings of many a GI who might otherwise would end up wounded or dead

Like a pitcher whom he never caught

When he spoke the rules of grammar were for naught

Unlike Vietnam or the Gulf Wars

500 Major Leaguers served in World War II, many on distant shores

 From Spahn pitching grenades on Remagen Bridge on the Rhine

To Feller demanding to combat in the Navy be reassigned

To two ball players one shot down and the other killed on Iwo Jima’s blood drenched sands

Players like most Americans the forces of evil sought to withstand

America’s Pastime coupled with the Great Crusade

Time for a Congressional Medal of Freedom to Yogi and not be further delayed © June 8, 2015 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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