michael, you said he is buried a block or so from where you live? >> he is buried in a cemetery just on the side of west rocks berry, right next to his son. it's an amazing chapter in red-sox history. he has such tragedy, but he finds a way to give and i think someone that is under recognized in our city and hopefully in the future we can recognize him for his great works. >> i think he may be a future candidate for the red sox hall of fame. we should certainly give that another look. one of the aspects that i would like to turn to, and addition to the involvement of the players, is that the red socks as an organization heard from a lot of g.i.s who were serving overseas. you tell a couple of great stories in your book, about a dozen or so marines i believe who are fighting, in the pacific, they reached out to tom. tell us that story. >> so tom gets a letter from what i can now. ten men, all boston residents, they write to him and ask, when we return we would like to have opening day tickets. and he immediately responds to them, i know you can't tel