Bob Feller of Van Meter, Iowa, gun captain aboard the USS Alabama (BB 60) and baseball player, dies at the age of 92.
He rode Alabama through her stint in the North Atlantic as part of the British Home Fleet, then through the Canal to the Pacific where, from the Gilberts to Tokyo, he and his shipmates didn't miss many of the major campaigns.
He was not a draftee.
He is the only USN chief petty officer in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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