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Jackie Robinson’s War

  • February 24, 2014
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Before he broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier, Jackie Robinson was an Army lieutenant during World War II. He saw no combat because he was court-martialed after refusing to move to the back of an Army bus. Acquitted of all charges, he was honorably discharged in 1944.

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