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World War II Hero of the Minor Leagues 

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Date and Place of Birth: 1918 Texas

Baseball Experience: Minor League
Position: Pitcher
Rank: First Lieutenant
Military Unit: USAAF

Area Served: European Theater of Operations

 

Louis H "Lou" Janiceck was born in Texas in 1918. He signed under the name of Lou Goldman for Refugio of the Texas Valley League in 1938. With Midland of the West Texas-New Mexico League in 1939 he was 13-8 with a 4.57 ERA, and pitched for Vancouver in 1940 and 1941, as well as having a brief spell with Seattle of the Pacific Coast League.

 

Janiceck entered military service with the Army Air Corps at Tarrant Field, Texas on September 23, 1941. He later served in Europe as a Northrop P-61 Black Widow pilot and completed 30 strafing and radar-controlled interception patrols ahead of Third Army Corps in Germany. First Lieutenant Janiceck was awarded the Air Medal with two bronze Oak Leaf clusters.

Janiceck briefly returned to baseball after the war pitching for Paris, Gadsden, San Antonio and Vancouver in 1946.

Created March 18, 2008.

 

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