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I spent 34 months on the battleship Alabama, South Dakota-class. I was a gun captain. First we went to Russia for about 11 months with the British convoys. Then we were up in Norway and Scandinavia.
Bob Feller
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Bob Feller
Age: 92 †
Born: 1918
Born: November 3
Died: 2010
Died: December 15
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Robert William Andrew Feller
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The Heater from Van Meter
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