Record #:

3720

Author(s):

Bedingfield, Gary

Abstract:

The 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, based at Camp Mackall in Scotland County in 1943, had a champion baseball team. When they played again in 1945, many members had been lost in the Normandy Invasion, Holland, and the Battle of the Bulge.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 66 Issue 1, June 1998, p84-87, il

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--World War, 1939-1945; Baseball players; United States. Army. Parachute Infantry Regiment, 508th