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JOHN OfUELLKRSS Vietnam BureauSAIGON — The blond soldierstumbled front the tent and across the muddy fire base with his friend following close behind.“Seriously?” asked the follower.-“Yeah, I’m not kidding you, lie’s Bob Feller”’ the soldier replied as they neared a small group of men gathered around a bunker. “Bob, I want you to meet the battalion surgeon,” the blond fellow said to p heavy-set, grey-ha i re d nia n in a U SO cap.“Hi, I?ve read your bpok,” the 28-year-old surgeon sa id as he shook hands, /- //Xyx-• xy;‘ - TI e 1 ly t ^ ^ ^ ’ riA t Ite o ri 1 y t ri e old enough here tdg rem em herypir playg; X; ‘ xlc XXX/ XxX'vXy./ -Thd; grey -h airetl man -Was Bob Feller, orie of The fastest right-: h anti ed pile hers in ; b asebai Iwhehghe' playedfvhw yjheyxGleve./larict Indians from 1^6 tt 19S0i Feller, and Detrpi l/yTiger coach Joe Sehultx; Oakland Athletics pitcher Ghuck Ijpbson and Atlanta Bray es pitehei^ Jim Nash are Jouring Vietiiaim Jdr:;JJvdays-;Visiting hospitals and' men iri -thefielthing for the kids over here,” Feller said .of the visit. “We came to pay our respects;”The group’s tour has taken them as far north as the central highlands and south to the mangrove swamps of the Mekong Delta. Everywhere they've gone they’ve talked baseball and about the “world” to the troops.On a typical trip, the group hopped fire bases of the 1st dav. Div. Sunday in an attempt to i ri eel a s m a n y o f t h e I roo p s a Spossible,: As the chopper set down in a swir 1; ofdust ouisidef ire support; hase I)ragdrihead: north. of Sangrift, Fpiier and the group crawled x off and ; headed ■ for ; Jhe mb u hd oFUati dbagsy' marki ngy'd he: eiUi’ance Jd the base, XyOutside the penmetor a grotip was playing softball 0h0 i”eUer (Ipffed hisfatigue shlij and took the ;mound-gjyifXyou- cou 1 d callXa bare spot in the scrubby grass;a mound and; faced a det er-mined batter,; The windup, the hesitation and the deliver|y Jfhe batter kn pc keel Jo tic i uto v the outfield. g. x xyx;-/- ' X- -■//;xxx; yX “There,':; d id;/? you -:; f Ctl o Wsy: y; Jsbe : tli^ V Y y lt;: yj:h 0.Jvy 0-^ 0^ fe-gMndingyybear^Fouts Tops UPl'sBackfield ofAteX#phpiXy:j^•JhaJy/beajXy^yyYeiO? a hd M0t is g on Xy s d s p en |ibnxi|bsJXt^i-0 ^ I* J^yy^eja ilicl j; 0 p'l0v; cbhy-y r A J J ;A V-:'' IK J J-: J'S: JX'ey;ThaOsXX;®;;iFdutsX;X;.ofXX/Q Jegpri'X JXciicI ■ XMst/Saturdayxhopes/JuiJ^XedbtoIiprr|^as|JX3XdSrogJ^§boMfm{hdI^elclXyOf|Xjyyp Jhljo|§Nb:tth|^||Ij;|§f|uS®XMi'SsburiXyji803XSiX»liW^JX'ySyta p ford-’ by. 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