Our Boys in the Armed Forces

Adams, Robert ... Army
Baumholtz, Frank ... Navy
Beggs, Joseph ... Navy
Blackwell, Ewell ... Army
Bobeck, Leonard ... Navy
Burpo, George ... Navy
Cassini, Jack ... Army
Day, Worthington ... Army
Dejan, Michael ... Army
Francis, Wilson ... Army
Frey, Linus ... Army
Gumbert, Harry ... Army
Haas, Bert ... Army
Harrington, Van ... Army
Howell, Millard ... Army
Kelleher, Francis ... Army
Lamanno, Ray ... Navy
Lambert, Clayton ... Army
Lukon, Eddie ... Army
McCormick, Myron ... Army
Malloy, Robert ... Army
Marshall, Max ... Navy
Mueller, Ray ... Army
Niemes, Jack ... Navy
Peterson, Kent ... Army
Prendergast, James ... Army
Polivka, Kenneth ... Navy
Sauer, Henry ... Coast Guard
Scheffel, Cecil ... Army
Schultz, Mike ... Army
Shokes, Edward ... Navy
Shoun, Clyde ... Navy
Thompson, Eugene ... Navy
Ticco, Milton ... Army
Vander Meer, John ... Navy
Vollmer, Clyde ... Army
West, Richard ... Navy
Zientara, Benjamin ... Army


This booklet is addressed to the thousands of Redleg fans who have spent the past few years in the nation's armed forces and has been written to inform them of what has happened at Crosley Field since our country went to war.

For this reason we are going back to 1940, the year that Selective Service went into effect, to tell you what has happened to the men you cheered on to a world championship that season. This booklet will also tell you what has happened to the Cincinnati Reds since that time, who the new players are and where they are from.

When this war is at long last over, many of you will want to return to your seat in the grandstand - scorecard, hot dog and all, to watch major league baseball of the future. This booklet may in a small way help you connect the baseball that you knew with the game you will see in the years to come.

Cordially,

Warren C. Giles, General Manager.