The Navy Combat Art Program was founded in 1941 because of the persistence of Griffith Baily Coale, a well-known muralist. Believing that war imminent, Coale convinced top Navy commanders to send ...

Art Schallock, a World War II veteran who collected three World Series rings pitching ... After graduating, Schallock was drafted in 1943 and served in the U.S. Navy as a radio operator aboard the USS ...