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# The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II

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Buy The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II 1 by Keene, Anne R, Williams, Claudia (ISBN: 9781683583622) from desertcart's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

Review: good book
Review: Anne Keene's THE CLOUDBUSTER NINE is a fascinating and engaging story. Keene tells the tale of the naval aviation training program that took place in Chapel Hill, North Carolina (and four other sites) during World War II. On one level, the book provides a powerful and revealing look at some of the men of the Greatest Generation as they prepared to fight for America's freedom--men like George H. W. Bush and John Glenn. But the book is also a delightful and impressively researched story about some of the major league baseball players--Ted Williams and Johnny Pesky, for example--who trained as pilots and played ball for a team called the Cloudbuster Nine, a squad that played several exhibitions against other major leaguers (Babe Ruth appears in the book as another individual who contributed to the war effort in his own way). Finally, the book is a touching and emotional memoir that relates the experiences of Keene's father, the team's bat boy and later an aspiring minor league pitcher. The book is filled with memorable anecdotes and photographs. I would recommend it to any reader who enjoys World War II history or little-known facts about some of America's great heroes.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #9,222 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #3 in Sports Essays (Books) #8 in Baseball (Books) #78 in World War II History (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (1,718) |
| Dimensions  | 6 x 1.2 x 9 inches |
| Edition  | 1st |
| ISBN-10  | 1683583620 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1683583622 |
| Item Weight  | 1.08 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 408 pages |
| Publication date  | April 21, 2020 |
| Publisher  | Sports Publishing |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by O***O on 9 December 2025*

good book

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by T***F on 19 July 2018*

Anne Keene's THE CLOUDBUSTER NINE is a fascinating and engaging story. Keene tells the tale of the naval aviation training program that took place in Chapel Hill, North Carolina (and four other sites) during World War II. On one level, the book provides a powerful and revealing look at some of the men of the Greatest Generation as they prepared to fight for America's freedom--men like George H. W. Bush and John Glenn. But the book is also a delightful and impressively researched story about some of the major league baseball players--Ted Williams and Johnny Pesky, for example--who trained as pilots and played ball for a team called the Cloudbuster Nine, a squad that played several exhibitions against other major leaguers (Babe Ruth appears in the book as another individual who contributed to the war effort in his own way). Finally, the book is a touching and emotional memoir that relates the experiences of Keene's father, the team's bat boy and later an aspiring minor league pitcher. The book is filled with memorable anecdotes and photographs. I would recommend it to any reader who enjoys World War II history or little-known facts about some of America's great heroes.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by B***Y on 16 September 2019*

this was an interesting book about WWII era naval pilot training and its interaction with college and professional sports. Will be very interesting to baseball buffs.

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