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Enlistments have hit the Cougars hard, as after secret service snatched away the snubbed Whitney Winner Leo Mitchell, our lineup was hit twice as hard as we lost the #1 ranked second basemen and third basemen in Billy Hunter and Hank Barnett. Between the three, 14.2 WAR has vanished from our lineup, and while Mitchell can be replaced with Rich Langton and Hunter with Jimmie James, we don't have an obvious replacement for Hank Barnett. Could this mean that the first pick of the final summer draft George Sutterfield makes the Opening Day roster at third? That's what I'm leaning towards now, but I'd much rather add someone from outside the organization. Everyone is getting hit hard, but it's hard to match the star studded talent leaving the Cougars lineup. Hunter currently ranks as the #4 hitter, Barnett #7, and Mitchell #20.

Here's an updated list of all Cougars in the military, with new enlistments denoted with an asterisk. As always, this list will be edited as opposed to a new post each time we lose guys. We now also have returning guys, who will also have end dates listed.

Army
LHP Rusty Watts (March 31st, 1941)
RHP Ray McNeill (December 22nd, 1941)
SS Jimmy Bach (December 22nd, 1941)
2B Harry Avery (December 22nd, 1941)
CF Max Rucker (December 22nd, 1941)
RF Sammy Dillon (December 22nd, 1941)
RHP Bob Leonard (December 25th, 1941)
RF Harry Harris (January 5th, 1942)
RHP Charlie Everett (January 5th, 1942)
RHP Pat Rhodes (January 5th, 1942)
2B Stu Stasny (January 5th, 1942)
CF Glenn Shepperd (January 6th, 1942)
2B Jim Nickerson (June 22nd, 1942)
1B Bobo Shafer (June 22nd, 1942)
CF Hugh Oubre (June 22nd, 1942)
LF Hippo Carney (June 22nd, 1942)
CF Phil Davis (June 22nd, 1942)
RHP Donnie Jones (November 9th, 1942)
3B Hod Seagroves (November 30th, 1942)
CF Harry Carr (December 28th, 1942)
RHP Joe Stuart (January 4th, 1943)
LHP Hugh Vaughn (January 11th, 1941)
2B Skippy Ellis (January 11th, 1941)
LHP Charlie Harlan (January 18th, 1943)
SS Nick Bryan (January 18th, 1943)
RHP Joe Brown (November 1st, 1943)
LHP Johnnie Jones (November 8th, 1943)
RHP Frank Crawford (November 15th, 1943-November 14th, 1944)
RHP John Little (November 15th, 1943)
RHP Howard Miller Jr. (November 29th, 1943)
*LF Leo Mitchell (October 30th, 1944)
*2B Billy Hunter (November 6th, 1944)
*LHP Johnny Ruby (November 6th, 1944)
*CF Tom Jovin (November 13th, 1944)
*RF Jimmy Hairston (December 4th, 1944)
*LF Ducky Cole (December 11th, 1944)
*1B Lou Thomas (December 18th, 1944)
*C Bill Martin (February 16th, 1945)
*CF Nellie Corbin (April 29th, 1945)

Navy
RHP Pete Papenfus (December 8th, 1941)
RHP Harl Haines (December 8th, 1941)
RF Alex Ingraham (December 8th, 1941-November 27th, 1944)
C Diego Bernal (December 22nd, 1941)
SS Connie Wright (December 27th, 1941)
LHP Art Ramsey (December 31st, 1941)
RHP Walt Leonard (December 31st, 1941)
LHP Jim Fetrow (June 22nd, 1942)
RHP Jim Bob Clark (June 22nd, 1942)
CF Johnny Kirtz (June 22nd, 1942)
3B John Lawson (November 2nd, 1942-October 14th, 1944)
LHP Ed Wilkinson (November 16th, 1942)
CF Carlos Montes (November 16th, 1942)
RHP Fred Thaxton (December 28th, 1942)
2B Bill Hunt (December 28th, 1942)
C Eddie Howard (January 4th, 1943)
C Hugh Elasser (January 11th, 1941)
RHP John Lash (January 18th, 1943)
RHP Bill Lyman (January 18th, 1943)
RHP Chet Williams (January 18th, 1943)
2B Clark Car (November 1st, 1943)
LF Bobby Mills (November 29th, 1943)
3B Morrie Graves (November 29th, 1943)
3B Caleb Humphrey (November 29th, 1943)
*3B Hank Barnett (November 6th, 1944)
*LHP Bert Rogers (November 13th, 1944)
*RHP Cliff Wallace (November 27th, 1944)
*RHP Ron Sexton (December 18th, 1944)

Air Force
RF Fred Vargas (December 8th, 1941)
RHP Tommy Wilcox (December 25th, 1941-October 16th, 1943)
3B Wally Burnett (December 31st, 1941)
C Butch Stone (June 22nd, 1942)
SS Frank Beacham (June 22nd, 1942)
1B Ray Ford (November 2nd, 1942)
3B Otto Christian (November 2nd, 1942)
RHP King Price (November 30th, 1942)
LF Ducky Brown (November 29th, 1943)
*LHP Ron Berry (December 4th, 1944)

Marines Corp
RHP Duke Bybee (December 31st, 1941)
1B Joe Powers (December 31st, 1941)
SS Dave Gilbert (June 22nd, 1942)
CF Ernie Martini (November 30th, 1942)
LHP Bob Hobbs (January 4th, 1943)
RF Dave Bryant (January 11th, 1941)
C Steve Mountain (November 15th, 1943)

Coast Guard
LHP Joe Bement (December 31st, 1941)
LF Skinny O'Hanesian (June 22nd, 1942)
1B Jocko Pollard (November 2nd, 1942)
LHP Joe Ferrara (November 30th, 1942)