Just a month prior to the beginning of tryout camps and practice sessions for Southern League returnees and newcomer hopefuls, word was received of a second known World War II fatality that had a 
connection to the circuit. Army Corporal Vincent "Vince" F. Germann, a member of the First Canadian Parachute Battalion, lost his life in battle on March 24, 1945. Vince played third base for the Notre Dame Hounds when they first joined the Southern League in 1937 and was their playing manager during the 1939 and 1940 seasons. His younger brother Frank, also a paratrooper, aptly carried on the family legacy for many campaigns thereafter as the heart and soul of the Hounds.