Clinton Clarence Hartung was born in Hondo, Texas, on August 10, 1922. His high school team won a state baseball championship in 1939.\n', '

Originally signed for the Minneapolis Millers,[citation needed] Hartung played for the Eau Claire Bears of the Northern League for two months in 1942, hitting .358 and winning three games as a pitcher.\n', '

He was then drafted into the Army Air Forces, where he spent the duration of World War II playing on military teams such as the Hickam Field Bombers; for the latter he went 25–0 as a pitcher and batted .567.\n', '

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