Call of Duty: Sports Stars and Servicemen Exhibit – New at TSHOF

27. Aug, 2011 0 Comments

A new exhibit from the Texas Sports Hall of Fame, entitled “Call of Duty: Sports Stars and Servicemen,” tells the stories of Texas Sports Hall of Famers that served in the United States Armed Forces.

Included in the exhibit are the military careers of Dallas Cowboys Head Coach Tom Landry, who served as a bomber pilot and flew thirty combat missions in World War II; golf legend Lloyd Mangrum, who served in Patton’s Third Army and was involved in the D-Day Invasion and the Battle of the Bulge; former lightweight boxing champion Lew Jenkins, who enlisted in the armed forces three times and served in World War II, Burma, and Korea; and former TCU All-American running back Jim Swink, who served as a combat surgeon in a MASH unit during the Vietnam War; among many other Hall of Famers’ military careers.

Objects in the exhibit include –

Texas A&M’s famous track coach Frank “Col. Andy” Anderson’s commission as a colonel from the President of the United States
Jim Swink’s announcement from the army that he would be receiving a medal for his actions in a combat zone
Hall of Fame head coach J.V. “Siki” Sikes’s Navy jacket;
a Vietnam flight helmet
World War I bayonet
Mae West life preserver
World War II pocket guides to the China-Burma-India theater
canned rations
program covers from college football games dedicated to war efforts and more
Baylor University’s Mayborn Museum Complex in Waco provided a generous loan for many of the objects in the exhibit.
For more information about members of the Texas Sports HOF who served in the military CLICK HERE for a link to our website.

The museum is open from 9-5 Mon thru Saturday and Sunday from Noon to 5pm.
For admission prices and directions please visit www.tshof.org or call 800-567-9561.