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AT 14 YEARS OLD THE ONLY THING ON THIS
LONG LEGGED BOYS MIND WAS MEETING ST LOUIS
CARDINAL STAN MUSIAL 6 YEARS LATER THE
LONG LEGGED BOY SHIPPED OUT TO VIETNAM
TRADING HIS BASEBALL BAT FOR A RIFLE
AND IT WAS PICTURES HUNDREDS OF PICTURES
THAT KEPT THIS SOLDIER OCCUPIED
HED MUCH RATHER A BASEBALL AROUND BUT
BASEBALL GLOVES HAD NO PLACE IN
THE WAR ZONE BACK THEN
UNTIL NOW
"We started off with a goal of sending baseball
gloves to soldiers."
VANCE IS A MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYER
FOR THE ST LOUIS CARDINALS
HIS MESSAGE SIMPLE SEND YOUR GLOVES
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS
"People form all over the country have helped
in their donations, sending gloves- everything.
Everyone is just so giving.
Some of the letters that I read too.
It just breaks my heart."
LETTERS LIKE THIS ONE FROM SPECIALIST SMALL IN
AFGHANISTAN WHO WRITES THE CHANCES THAT IVE
BEEN ABLE TO PLAY SINCE IVE GOT THIS GLOVE
TAKES ME BACK EVERY TIME TO THOSE COOL SPRING
DAYS IN LEFT FIELD CATCHING THOSE FLY BALLS
AND JUST THOSE SIMPLE TIMES OF PLAYING CATCH
WITH MY DAD
"I knew I was gonna get support for this cause.
Umm, you know I thought it was going to be more so
my family, people in torrents people in southern California."
PEOPLE LIKE VETERANS UNITED HOME LOANS
WHO STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE TO HELP
"And then, three months later we sent somewhere around 1,800 gloves."
1800 SMILES SENT FROM HOME
"I feel proud of the country for showing support to the
military, and I'm pretty proud of people that are in
the baseball world because you know they've shown
so much support."
SOLDIERS LIKE STAFF SERGEANT SAPP AND HIS
TROOPS BASED IN KOREA ARE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL
FOR VANCES MAJOR LEAGUE HEART
"I really appreciate everything that they do for us,
because they're helping us boost our morale."
"Ohh gosh, I couldn't be prouder."
BACK TO THAT VIETNAM SOLDIER DECADES AFTER THE
WAR ENDED LANCE CORPORAL LARRY WEXELMAN
PASSED AWAY FROM COMPLICATION OF AGENT ORANGE
HE WASNT JUST A SOLDIER WHO LOVED BASEBALL
HE WAS MY DAD THE GENEROSITY OF GLOVES FOR
TROOPS CAME TOO LATE FOR HIM BUT ITS NOT TOO
LATE FOR COUNTLESS OTHER HEROS TO CATCH
A MOMENT OF PEACE
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