Baseball in Wartime - Jerry Angelich

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Those Who Died That Others Might Be Free

World War II Hero of the Minor Leagues

Jerry Angelich

Date and Place of Birth: 1916 Wilmington, California

Died: December 7, 1941 Honolulu, Hawaii

Baseball Experience: Semi-Pro
Position: Pitcher
Rank: Private
Military Unit: Headquarters Squadron, 17^th Airbase Group, US Army Air Corps

Area Served: Pacific Theater of Operations

Jerry M. Angelich was born in 1916. He was a star athlete at Banning High School in Wilmington, California, and had trials as a pitcher with the Sacramento Solons of the Pacific Coast League in 1935 and 1936.

Angelich later played for three years with the Provo Timps of the Utah Industrial Independent League. It was during this time that he met and became engaged to Norma Williams.

Angelich entered military service with the Army Air Corps on August 19, 1941. He was based at Hickam Field in Hawaii with Headquarters Squadron, 17^th Airbase Group.

On December 7, 1941, during the Japanese surprise attack on Hawaii, Angelich was attempting to operate a machine gun in a wrecked airplane when he was killed by Japanese fighter planes.

Jerry Angelich is buried at the Honolulu Memorial in Hawaii.

Added April 30, 2007. Updated May 9, 2009.

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