February 27, 2010
Theron "Smitty" Smith navigated The Hump through the treacherous Himalayan mountains to the airstrip near the Burma border during World War II. He and his wife, Sharon, are seen during a visit to the Great Wall of China.
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World War II throws Manipur a curve, hooks country on baseball
A Walla Walla man is filmed for a documentary about the positive impact baseball is having on the war-torn community at Imphal, Manipur's capital.
Baseball, the Great American Pastime, helped Northern and Southern Civil War troops escape battle's realities.The same pursuit continued when American troops played baseball while wearing combat boots instead of spikes and flight gloves instead of fielder
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