American Valor Quarterly Issue 2 - Spring 2008 | Page 17

The Rededication of Trimble Field
By James C. Roberts
A long-time dream of the
American Veterans Center was
realized on March 9 when the
newly refurbished Trimble Field
was dedicated in Yona, Guam.
The field is named in honor of
Marine private James Trimble
III for whom the Center’s youth
scholarship is also named.

U.S. Naval Forces Marianas and several hundred others, including
a delegation of more than 100 from the U.S. as part of a tour
organized by Military Historical Tours.

Trimble was an outstanding
baseball pitcher at St. Albans
School in Washington, DC. and
Duke University. Offered a
lucrative contract by the
A bronze bust sculpture of Jimmy Washington Senators at age 17,
Trimble turned it down to serve
Trimble greets visitors and
ballplayers at the new Trimble Field in the Marine Corps in 1944.

Following the dedication ceremony, a group of students from the
Young Marines program in the U.S. played a game against a local
team from Yona. The day’s events were capped off with a lavish
fiesta featuring native foods and a dem