Jack “Jackie” Robinson (1919-1972) 2nd Lt. Tank Cmdr, USA, 1942-44 WW II. Drafted as private. Applied for OCS and commissioned. Assigned 761st Black Panthers Tank Bn. In 1944 an Army bus driver ordered him to sit “at the back of the bus” and he refused. MPs arrested him. He was falsely accused of drunkenness (he did not drink), was court-martialed and though acquitted it ended his military career. He saw no action during WW II. 2nd Base. Brooklyn Dodgers 47-56. Baseball Hall of Fame 1962.
