90th Infantry Division Pic of the Week: Cattenom, France.

A good Monday morning to all.  Time for the 90th Infantry Division Pic of the Week.

The History Junkie loves seeing celebrities visit our troops.  In December 1944, baseball great, Mel Ott, visited the 90th Infantry Division at Cattenom, France.  Ott played for and managed the New York Giants.  He was the first National League player to hit 500 home runs.  He actually led the Giants in home runs from 1928-1945.  Wow!  And yet, here he is, visiting our doughboys on the front lines.  Gotta love it.

90th Infantry Division soldier, T/Sgt. Charles Cook, shows baseball great, Mel Ott, a souvenir pistol he picked up along the German front. (U.S. Army Signal Corps Photo, Courtesy National Archives)

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