Dec. 7, 1941 -- A Call to Duty for 2 College Football Teams

On this most solemn of war-related anniversaries. I'm embedding this tweet (hat tip: @NCAA) for anyone involved in or who follows intercollegiate athletics.

Take a minute to read this story by Greg Johnson. In it, he writes about a new book by Bill McWilliams titled, "Scrimmage for War: A Story of Pearl Harbor, Football and World War II."

McWilliams, a former Air Force pilot, details the experiences of football teams from Willamette (Ore.) University and San Jose State, both of which had sailed to Honolulu to play a round-robin with the University of Hawaii and were on Oahu when the island was attacked on Dec. 7, 1941.

When Pearl Harbor was attacked 78 years ago today, @WillametteFB and @SanJoseStateFB were in Honolulu for scheduled games.

In the wake of tragedy, they sprung into wartime duties: https://t.co/c9G1qnHWMb pic.twitter.com/TAfuFbakr7

— NCAA (@NCAA) December 7, 2019