Sunshine Roth, National Director of Events and Community Liaison for SASAH, has announced that it has selected a WWII Combat Wounded Purple Heart recipient from Clearwater, Florida to receive the 40th Stand & Salute American Heroes Award.
The ceremony will take place at Tropicana Field in Saint Petersburg, Florida. The Tampa Bay Rays take on the Boston Red Sox. (LTJG) Frank L. Spatuzzi will be recognized with an on-field presentation of the SASAH Award Honor Bat.
This will be the first time that someone from the Coast Guard has been awarded the Stand & Salute America Hero Award. Before his service in World War II, Frank Spatuzzi was on track to play professional baseball. At the age of 19, Frank graduated with a bachelor's degree and by the age of 21, Frank not only had a Masters degree from Seton Hall University, but also a college baseball batting average well over 400.
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