Military Service
| Theodore Samuel Williams | |
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Williams being sworn into the military on May 22, 1942. |
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| Born | August 30, 1918 San Diego, California |
| Died | July 5, 2002 Inverness, Florida |
| Place of burial | Scottsdale, Arizona |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Service/branch | United States Navy United States Marine Corps |
| Years of service | 1942-1946, 1952-53 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Battles/wars | World War II Korean War |
| Other work | Baseball player |
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Famous quotes containing the words military and/or service:
“War both needs and generates certain virtues; not the highest, but what may be called the preliminary virtues, as valour, veracity, the spirit of obedience, the habit of discipline. Any of these, and of others like them, when possessed by a nation, and no matter how generated, will give them a military advantage, and make them more likely to stay in the race of nations.”
—Walter Bagehot (1826–1877)
“Service ... is love in action, love “made flesh”; service is the body, the incarnation of love. Love is the impetus, service the act, and creativity the result with many by-products.”
—Sarah Patton Boyle, U.S. civil rights activist and author. The Desegregated Heart, part 3, ch. 3 (1962)