Joe DiMaggio made a poor soldier, military records show
Joe DiMaggio was celebrated as one of baseball's biggest stars and the one-time husband of Marilyn Monroe but he made a very poor soldier, newly-revealed military records show.
US army records obtained via a Freedom of Information Act request portray the sports hero as deeply selfish and desperate to obtain a discharge despite the fact that the USA was at war.
The New York Yankees player served for two and a half years in the US army, enlisting in February 1943.
He never saw combat or even service abroad, but instead had a comfortable and safe job, much of it spent in California and Hawaii, as a physical education instructor in the army's special services division....
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US army records obtained via a Freedom of Information Act request portray the sports hero as deeply selfish and desperate to obtain a discharge despite the fact that the USA was at war.
The New York Yankees player served for two and a half years in the US army, enlisting in February 1943.
He never saw combat or even service abroad, but instead had a comfortable and safe job, much of it spent in California and Hawaii, as a physical education instructor in the army's special services division....