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Playing for the norfolk virginia. he walked on to the naval base and enlisted and volunteer forward what at the time was a secret mission. it turned out to be rocket boat, he was in an lcs landing craft small off of omaha beach as a machine gunner assistant. providing back up fire, he was proud of his adopted country and fill it was the his duty to serve america. trey: two questions, tell us about the museum. >> the yogi berra museum and learning and on campus of montclair state university, in m...

Playing for the norfolk virginia. he walked on to the naval base and enlisted and volunteer forward what at the time was a secret mission. it turned out to be rocket boat, he was in an lcs landing craft small off of omaha beach as a machine gunner assistant. providing back up fire, he was proud of his adopted country and fill it was the his duty to serve america. trey: two questions, tell us about the museum. >> the yogi berra museum and learning and on campus of montclair state university, in m...

Bringing, me has a forever stamp, how would he tell us he made it from modest bin beginning to being a legend? >> i think he would give most of the credit to his older brothers, he would tell you all three of his older brothers were better baseball players than he, but they had to work to help provide for his immigrant italian family on the hill in st. louis, by the time it got down to grandpa yogi, may brothers made a bid to my, great grandpa to let my grandpa play baseball. he had a chance, he...

Bringing, me has a forever stamp, how would he tell us he made it from modest bin beginning to being a legend? >> i think he would give most of the credit to his older brothers, he would tell you all three of his older brothers were better baseball players than he, but they had to work to help provide for his immigrant italian family on the hill in st. louis, by the time it got down to grandpa yogi, may brothers made a bid to my, great grandpa to let my grandpa play baseball. he had a chance, he...

Playing for the norfolk virginia. he walked on to the naval base and enlisted and volunteer forward what at the time was a secret mission. it turned out to be rocket boat, he was in an lcs landing craft small off of omaha beach as a machine gunner assistant. providing back up fire, he was proud of his adopted country and fill it was the his duty to serve america. trey: two questions, tell us about the museum. >> the yogi berra museum and learning and on campus of montclair state university, in m...

Bringing, me has a forever stamp, how would he tell us he made it from modest bin beginning to being a legend? >> i think he would give most of the credit to his older brothers, he would tell you all three of his older brothers were better baseball players than he, but they had to work to help provide for his immigrant italian family on the hill in st. louis, by the time it got down to grandpa yogi, may brothers made a bid to my, great grandpa to let my grandpa play baseball. he had a chance, he...

>> hes enshrined as part of a tradition that includes babe ruth, lou gehrig and joe dimaggio. and his unique brand of wisdom will live forever in american culture. lawrence peter berra was born may 12th, 1925. his parents raised him in the hill district in the south side of st. louis. the son of a brickyard worker he left school after eighth grade to work in a coal yard. a friend gave him his lifelong nickname. he said berra looked like a yogi in a hindu themed movie and it stuck. in 1943 he sig...

Themed movie. yogi de playlayed playing the g volunteering for duty on a rocket boat that capsized during the d-day invasion. >> i thought it was like 4th of july. i was only 19 years old. it was. i felt it was beautiful. i was standing up and my officer said you better get your head down, son or else you are going to get it blown off. >> after the war ended berra traded his navy uniform in for the yankees pin stripes. he led the yankees to 10 world series championships, was a 15 time all star a...