On November 29, 1941, Army played Navy in front of 100, 000 fans.
In 1942, a sportswriter Gran.
At West Point he became best friends with Romanek and the two played side-by-side on Army\'s line.
The son of a famous World War I fighter pilot, Olds decided to follow in his father\'s footsteps.
Robin Olds.
In the first wave to hit the beach he would also become one of the first to take a bullet.
He spent months preparing for the D-day invasion and on June 6, 1944--the day he would have graduated from West Point had his course load not been cut from four years to three--Romanek rode in a landing craft to storm Omaha Beach.
Wanting to become an officer, Romanek attended West Point and played tackle for the Cadets.
Because he had relatives in Poland, Romanek heard firsthand accounts in 1939 of German aggression.
Henry Romanek.
All the while Kauffman wondered if he\'d ever see his friend and teammate again.
Dozens of his crewmates lost their minds; others were eaten by sharks.
For five days Kauffman struggled to stay alive on a raft, fighting off hallucinations, dehydration, and--most terrifying of all--sharks.
Meredith, which was sunk in 1942.
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A backup tailback at Navy, Kauffman would go on to serve aboard the U.
Together, Busik and Kauffman rode a train across the nation to Annapolis to enroll in the Naval Academy.
Hal Kauffman.
Shaw when it was attacked by Japanese dive-bombers in 1943.
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He was serving aboard the U.
Busik would have a spectacular sports career himself at the Naval Academy, earning All-American honors as a tailback in 1941.
Growing up in Pasadena, California, Busik was best friends with a young black man named Jackie, who in 1947 would make Major League Baseball history.
Bill Busik.
Author Lars Anderson follows four players--two from Annapolis and two from West Point--in this epic true story, The All Americans.
Eight days later, the Japanese attacked and the young men who battled each other in that historic game were forced to fight a very different enemy.
On November 29, 1941, Army played Navy in front of 100, 000 fans
