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This delightful story, written by Edward Burns, appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Sept. 7, 1930. (Some paragraph breaks added for easier reading.) .......... Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 6. -- Every...
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Game so important for the country? >>guest: well, you have to remember, this story takes place between d-day and the battle of the bulge. never were the 12 million americans in uniform more front and center in american's mines and the football team, the team from army and navy, represent the their branches, their services. and when they met in 1944, army will go into the game ranked number one in the nation. navy will go in ranked number two in the nation. so, we're talking about two really good football teams. >>dave: in your words, describe the situation, football is the last chance for the ...
>>guest: the day after the game red blake receive add telegram and it said in essence, congratulations on your marvelous victory. we have stopped the war to celebrate this magnificent victory and it was signed mcarthur sent from the philippines where mcarthur was commanding men forces. >>dave: stopped world war ii to celebrate a football game. how does that resonate on the day they meet not midst of the bcs, all about millions if not billions of dollars. >>guest: remember, today as well as 1944, the members of army and navy's team are playing for their friends, they are playing for their teamm...
Red blank, the coach of army. in 1940 army was a dreadful football team. they only won one game. and that year they got a new superintendent, a guy by the name of robert, and he said, you know, there is a war coming, and the united states army cannot be represented on a football field by a dreadful team. therefore, what we need to do is to prove -- improved it so he hired a professional coach, red blake, and it was his job to town the dreadful team into a national champion and by 1944, december 2nd, 1944, army, west point, is poised to win that national championship. >>dave: it is the amazing,...