Feller Awaits New Orders
Bob Feller, (right), the former Cleveland pitcher of Van Meter, IA., and now navy chief specialist, visits Jeff Heath (left), his former Indian team-mate, and son Jeff, Jr. (center) in Seattle, Wash. Feller announced Friday he would head east today for new orders. – WIREPHOTO (AP).
Source: The Des Moines Morning Register, Des Moines, Iowa, Saturday, February 10, 1945 (photo included)
Kinnick & Feller - featured on the north side of the Dallas County Freedom Rock Minburn, Iowa. Painting done by Iowa artist, Ray "Bubba" Sorensen.
Robert William Andrew “Bob” Feller was born Nov. 3, 1918 to William Andrew and Lena Carolyn Forret Feller. He died Dec. 15, 2010 and is buried in Gates Mills North Cemetery, Gates Mills, OH.
Chief Petty Officer Feller, a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball Pitcher for the Cleveland Indians, joined the U.S. Navy following the Pearl Harbor attack and served aboard the USS Alabama (BB-60) in the Pacific Campaign.
Source: ancestry.com
