Not only was the order that allowed Johnston to play professional baseball being rescinded, but the Lieutenant Junior Grade was also being shipped to the Middle East.
Just like that, Johnston went from playing catcher for the Kane County Cougars of the Midwest League to serving as the gunnery officer aboard the USS Peleliu, an amphibious assault ship stationed somewhere in the Persian Gulf.
"My commanding officer called and said that higher-ups had cancelled my orders and that I had to report to San Diego...
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