A Baseball Legend and WW2 Veteran Dies At The Age Of 90

A New York Yankees Legend Lawrence ‘Yogi’ Berra, well known for his quirky sayings known as ‘Yogiisms’, has passed away on Tuesday peacefully at his residence in Montclair, New Jersey. Although Berra spent most of his 90 years of life submerged in baseball, but his role in the Second World War is no less legendary and epic. From a very early age, Lawrence ‘Yogi’ Berra saw himself as a professional baseball player and at a tender age of 18 his prospects were pretty high with a Yankee affiliate in Coastal Virginia named ‘Norfolk Tars’. Despite being 5-foot-8 Berra quickly made himself prominent among his peers. Then the Second World War erupted and everything changed for Berra.

Berra quickly realized that his nation needed him; he instantly put his promising baseball career on hold and went to enlist in the US Navy. His initial deployment was as a ‘gunner’s mate’. It sure does sound exciting but for an agile and athletic Berra it was a boring job, he wanted more combat, more involvement. Therefore when an opportunity came to go on an amphibious ship, Berra did not waste a second and put himself forward without entirely knowing what it really meant. What Berra did not realize was that the ‘rocket boat’ he was going to be a member of was preparing for one of the most ambitious battle of the Second World War i.e. the D-Day invasion of Normandy, The Washington Post reports.

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/baseball-legend-ww2-veteran-dies-age-90.html

Hope Ben or Quill can shed some more information.
May he R.I.P.

"It's deja vu all over again..." -- Yog Berra.

That's my favorite yogism.

He was a catcher for the NY Yankees, and went on to become their Manager.  They say he was a better manager than player.  

Very colorful.  Spoke in a harsh, raspy voice, heavy NY/New Jersey accent.  Short and stubby.  Iconic Yankee.