The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams (120 page)

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Authors: Ben Bradlee Jr.

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Helping with the construction of “Williamsburg” in early 1940, after Tom Yawkey ordered that the right-field fence at Fenway Park be moved in to accommodate Ted. (Brearley Collection)

Limbering up, circa 1941. (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)

With Joe DiMaggio at Yankee Stadium on July 2, 1941. (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)

Getting mobbed by fans, circa 1941. (Ted Williams Family Enterprises)

Inspecting the lumber at Louisville Slugger’s bat factory, circa 1942. (San Diego Hall of Champions Sports Museum)

Working on his form in the Fenway clubhouse, circa 1942. (Brearley Collection)

With Dom DiMaggio, Bobby Doerr, and Johnny Pesky, 1942. (Red Sox photograph)

Visiting sick kids in Boston, 1942. (
Boston Globe
photograph)

Getting sworn in to the Navy on May 22, 1942. (Courtesy of the Trustees of the Boston Public Library / Leslie Jones Collection)

With
Daily Record
columnist Dave Egan after enlisting in the Navy, May 1942. (Rogers Photo Archive)

In World War II. (May Williams Collection)

Boxing with his instructor at the Navy Pre-Flight School, summer 1943, at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. (North Carolina Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Wilson Library)

Tossing a football at the Navy Pre-Flight School, summer 1943. (North Carolina Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Wilson Library)

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