Bob Stephens: Minor League Pitcher and WWII Fighter Ace

June 11, 2011 by Gary Bedingfield · 1 Comment

Bob Stephensâ€™ baseball career was interrupted by military service after just one season, but he wasnâ€™t about to let that stop him from reaching for the sky. As a P-51 Mustang pilot, Stephens shot down 13 enemy fighters, attained the rank of lieutenant-colonel before his 24th birthday and served with the Air Force for 18 […]

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Another One Bites The Dust

November 11, 2010 by Doug Gladstone · Leave a Comment

I didn’t know the late William Lee “Bill” Jennings. Never met him, never had a chat with him, never even knew of him until recently, in fact. What little I do know about Mr. Jennings, who died at the age of 85 on October 20, 2010, is attributable to his passing being prominently mentioned on […]

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