Drafted in 1940, Hank Greenberg was the first American League player to be drafted into WWII, his salary was cut from 55,000 dollars a year to 21 dollars a month. After being honorably discharged in Dec. 1941 (right before Pearl Harbor), he re-enlisted and served in the US Army Air Forces in the China-Burma-India Theater. He scouted locations for B-29 bomber bases for 45 months. Greenberg served longer of any major league player in WWII.Drafted in 1940, Hank Greenberg was the first American League player to be drafted into WWII, his salary was cut from 55,000 dollars a year to 21 dollars a month. After being honorably discharged in Dec. 1941 (right before Pearl Harbor), he re-enlisted and served in the US Army Air Forces in the China-Burma-India Theater. He scouted locations for B-29 bomber bases for 45 months. Greenberg served longer of any major league player in WWII.
Drafted in 1940, Hank Greenberg was the first American League player to be drafted into WWII, his salary was cut from 55,000 dollars a year to 21 dollars a month. After being honorably discharged in Dec. 1941 (right before Pearl Harbor), he re-enlisted and served in the US Army Air Forces in the China-Burma-India Theater. He scouted locations for B-29 bomber bases for 45 months. Greenberg served longer of any major league player in WWII.