The Steagles and World War II

When World War II broke out in 1939, the United States waited and watched afar as objective observers. Most of the country’s European allies were already involved, but the U.S. government decided to see if those allies could take care of themselves without American intervention even though Germany was gobbling up countries.

Then the Empire of Japan, a German ally, attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. And the world would never be the same.

As the U.S. would now be fully involved in WWII, all across the continent American men signed up to go overseas and fight. Scores of men eligible to participate in the war effort were already playing professional sports in the National Football League…