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NBHoF Class of 2022 Vets Honored

Joel Evans, executive deputy director at New York State’s Division of Veterans’ Services, gives remarks at NBHoF’s medallion commemoration for hall veterans Gil Hodges and Buck O’Neil. (Photo by Ted Mebust)

By TED MEBUST

COOPERSTOWN - In keeping with tradition, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum recognized the military service of 2022 inductees Gil Hodges and Buck O’Neil with a ceremony in its plaque gallery on Veteran’s Day. Before a crowd of NBHoF-goers and a Cooperstown Veterans of Foreign Wars Honor Guard, the pair became the 69th and 70th members to bear a special medallion below their nameplates, indicating the details of their service.

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