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Photos: Game Of The Century At Cardines Field
U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jess Lewis sent these photos of the commemorative game at Cardines Field on Friday.
NEWPORT, RI—U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jess Lewis sent these photos of the commemorative Army-Navy game played at Cardines Field on Friday. The game was styled after games played around 1917.
Photo Caption: Students, staff and faculty assigned to U.S. Naval War College participate in a commemorative Army-Navy baseball game from the 1917 time frame. The game took place at Cardines Field in Newport following a re-dedication ceremony of the field to Army Pvt. Bernardo Cardines, Newport’s first resident to die in World War I. The game ended with Navy winning, 13 to 7. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jess Lewis/released)
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Photo Caption: Members of U.S. Naval War College’s (NWC) Color Guard along with NWC students, staff and faculty stand during the playing of the national anthem prior to the start of a commemorative Army-Navy baseball game from the 1917 time frame. The game took place at Cardines Field in Newport following a re-dedication ceremony of the field to Army Pvt. Bernardo Cardines, Newport’s first resident to die in World War I. The game ended with Navy winning, 13 to 7. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jess Lewis/released)
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Photo Caption: Nat Sims, grandson of Adm. William Sims who was the commander of U.S. Naval Forces in Europe during World War I, throws the first pitch during a commemorative Army-Navy baseball game from the 1917 time frame. The game took place at Cardines Field in Newport following a re-dedication ceremony of the field to Army Pvt. Bernardo Cardines, Newport’s first resident to die in World War I. The game ended with Navy winning, 13 to 7.
(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jess Lewis/released)
Photo Caption: Rear Adm. Jeffrey A. Harley, president, U.S. Naval War College, gives remarks during a commemorative Army-Navy baseball game from the 1917 time frame. The game took place at Cardines Field in Newport following a re-dedication ceremony of the field to Army Pvt. Bernardo Cardines, Newport’s first resident to die in World War I. The game ended with Navy winning, 13 to 7.
(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jess Lewis/released)
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