From the Oct. 21, 2015, CBS Chicago "World War II Vet Who Turned Down '45 World Series Tickets Gets Chance To Cheer On Cubs" by Brad Edwards.
Bill Madden is from South Bend, Indiana, and said, "I'm here to provide a miracle for the Cubs. I was shot twice and buried once." He fought at Iwo Jima the day after his 19th birthday.
"They played Detroit in 1945 they lost in 7 games." This was when he returned to the U.S. and was in a Chicago naval hospital. "The Cubs sent over free tickets to the wounded veterans no strings attached. They got to the hospital. The hospital official said you can't go have the tickets unless you work for them. We said the hell with that." So, he didn't get to see the Cubs then.
But Wednesday, he was at what ended up as the last game of the NLCS as a guest of the Coalition to Salute America's Heroes.
Sadly, he Didn't Provide That Miracle. --GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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