Yogi Berra famously said “It ain’t over ‘til ... Berra was on a rocket boat off the coast of Normandy, providing cover fire for the D-Day Invasion. He was injured during the attack, he ...

France sent a delegation to the Yogi Berra Museum in Montclair to say thank you for his small part. “Have you ever been to Normandy?” I’d asked. “Why?” Yogi said, shrugging his shoulders.

Yogi Berra Lindsay Berra loved baseball but she ... He was aboard a rocket boat during the invasion at Normandy, an experience that would shape his life more than baseball.

Born in 1925, the fourth son of Italian immigrants, Lawrence “Yogi” Berra lived an extraordinary life. He survived the landing at Normandy as a solider in WWII and went on to a Hall of Fame ...

New York Yankees legend Yogi Berra is beloved for his 10 World Series titles and many witticisms, but as we mark the 78th anniversary of D-Day on Monday, June 6, he’ll be remembered for a greater ...

Yankees great and baseball legend Yogi Berra holds a strange and specific ... He earned a Purple Heart during the invasion of Normandy but never filed the paperwork because he didn’t want ...

By 1998, the Yogi Berra Museum was in operation on Montclair ... and his participation in the Normandy Invasion as a gunner’s mate on a small rocket boat. Two battle stars and the Purple Heart ...

Lindsay Berra, Yogi's granddaughter That’s where visitors ... including storming the beaches of Normandy in World War II. You can see his 10 World Series rings, relive his managing stints ...

The Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center is celebrating its 25th anniversary on June 6 at Yankee Stadium, to commemorate Yogi Berra’s participation in the D-Day invasion of Normandy in 1944.