1
0
Support keeps this going.
If you find value here, a small tip makes a big difference ❤️
📍 Noticed
A Team for America: The Army-Navy Game That Rallied a Nation
by Randy W. Roberts
Sponsored
Synopsis
There never has been a sports event, perhaps never an event of any kind, that received the attention of so many Americans in so many places around the world.” So wrote a reporter on December 2, 1944, about the greatest Army- Navy football game in the long history of that storied rivalry. World ...
There never has been a sports event, perhaps never an event of any kind, that received the attention of so many Americans in so many places around the world.” So wrote a reporter on December 2, 1944, about the greatest Army- Navy football game in the long history of that storied rivalry. World War II raged in Europe, Africa, and the Pacific; President Roosevelt was seriously ill, and just a few short months from his death; Americans on the home front suffered through shortages, including a Thanksgiving without turkey or pie just days earlier. But for one day, all that was forgotten.
Army’s team was ranked #1; Navy, #2. Army’s years of football misery had been lifted by a wartime team and a brilliant coach that made them a contender, and if they beat Navy on that day, they would be national champions. Around the world, the war stopped as soldiers listened to a broadcast of the game. Everyone everywhere forgot everything for a few short hours. Randy Roberts has interviewed surviving players and coaches for nearly a decade to bring to life one of the most memorable stories in all of American sports. For three years, Army football upperclassmen graduated and joined the fight, from Normandy beaches to Pacific atolls. For three hours, their Alma mater gave them back one unforgettable performance.
You May Also Like
The Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs: 100+ Recipes that You'll Love to Cook and Eat
America’s Test Kitchen Kids
Somebody's Daughter: A Memoir
Ashley C. Ford
The Exorcist
William Peter Blatty
Bad Fruit
Ella King
Invisible Edge: How to Thrive Without the Spotlight (Quiet Ambition: The Anti-Hustle Series for Sustainable Success Book 3)
DS R
Return To Hawaii: A Donovan Cross Novel
Daniel J. Voelker
Self Help Picks
View All
Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Anna Lembke
The Intimate Animal: The Science of Sex, Fidelity, and Why We Live and Die for Love
Justin R. Garcia
The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
Gabor Maté
Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm
Charlie Mackesy
Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave
Ryan Holiday
Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It
Ethan Kross

