Summary of Anne R. Keene's The Cloudbuster Nine

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#1 The baseball game on May 11, 1943, between the Cloudbuster Nine and the Tar Heels was the talk of the base for weeks. It was the most popular sport in America for civilians and millions of men and women in uniform. But the best players didn’t wear jerseys for the New York Yankees or the St. Louis Cardinals, champions of the 1942 World Series.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jul 8, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822544161

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The baseball game on May 11, 1943, between the Cloudbuster Nine and the Tar Heels was the talk of the base for weeks. It was the most popular sport in America for civilians and millions of men and women in uniform. But the best players didn’t wear jerseys for the New York Yankees or the St. Louis Cardinals, champions of the 1942 World Series.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The V-5 Naval Aviation program was the first step in training to be an officer, and it was here that Ted met his best friend, Johnny Pesky. The baseball squad was joined by Alex MacLean, a sports reporter who filled in for columnist Dave The Colonel Egan when he went on benders.

#2

Ted’s hernia forced him to take a month off from Amherst, and the media caught wind of it. They followed him back to the infirmary, where he was confined to a month’s bedrest in a hospital gown.

#3

During the war, more men were being trained for battle and other wartime jobs in North Carolina than any other state. People adhered to orders to stay off the roads, and blackouts were frequent.

#4

The Pre-Flight School in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, was the hardest training program in the world. It was created by Naval Academy graduates for one purpose: to get pilots in the best physical and mental shape of their lives.

#5

Tom Hamilton, the head of physical training at the naval academy, had a gift for aligning with the right people. He was able to get the students to do whatever he wanted, which allowed him to create a pre-flight training program that was extremely brutal.

#6

The Cloudbuster varsity baseball team had a lackluster season in 1942, but they were able to build a new concrete dugout for the baseball diamond in 1943. They were also able to frame benches and a roof to shelter teams in the future.

#7

The crowd that showed up to watch the game was record-breaking. It was not just students and employees from the base, but