Willie Mays and The Korean War

Did you know this about Willie Mays?

Willie Mays missed most of the 1952 and all of the 1953 Major League Baseball seasons due to military service during the Korean War. Despite this interruption, he still managed to compile one of the greatest careers in baseball history.

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