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I was only a gun captain on the battleship Alabama for 34 months. People have called me a hero for that, but I'll tell you this - heroes don't come home. Survivors come home.

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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