Editing Byron White (section)

=== World War II ===
At the end of [[1941 Detroit Lions season|1941 Lions season]], White returned to Yale to await a call to serve in the [[U.S. navy|U.S. Navy]] after the [[Attack on Pearl Harbor]].  In May 1942, he was assigned to [[naval intelligence]] and spent weeks training at [[Dartmouth College]] and in [[New York City]].{{Sfn|Hutchinson|1998|p=172}} His original intention was to join the [[United States Marine|Marine Corps]], but was kept out due to being [[colorblind]].<ref name="usa today" />

In July 1943, White was stationed at [[Nouméa]], New Caledonia, tasked with protecting [[Guadalcanal]] and [[Tulagi]]; he narrowly missed being assigned with John F. Kennedy, his former acquaintance who had also been stationed at Tulagi before being reassigned to the [[Russell Islands]].{{Sfn|Hutchinson|1998|p=173}} During World War II, White served as an [[Military intelligence|intelligence]] officer in the [[United States Navy|Navy]], and was stationed in the [[Asiatic-Pacific Theater|Pacific Theatre]].<ref name=ptstffdes>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=h9RSAAAAIBAJ&pg=5641%2C1419005 |newspaper=Deseret News |location=Salt Lake City, Utah |agency=Associated Press |last=James |first=Rembert |title='Whizzer' White now on PT staff |date=September 15, 1943 |page=1 |access-date=October 15, 2020 |archive-date=August 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829234152/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=h9RSAAAAIBAJ&pg=5641%2C1419005 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=nmgtww>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4fQZAAAAIBAJ&pg=3761%2C6234393 |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal |agency=United Press |title=Navy medal given to Whizzer White |date=June 15, 1944 |page=12, part 2 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name=wwsrvbh>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YRxSAAAAIBAJ&pg=6710%2C6126263 |newspaper=Deseret News |location=Salt Lake City, Utah |agency=INS |last=Alexander |first=John D. |title=Whizzer White survives Bunker Hill |date=June 29, 1945 |page=12 |access-date=October 15, 2020 |archive-date=August 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831050041/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YRxSAAAAIBAJ&pg=6710%2C6126263 |url-status=live }}</ref>  He wrote the intelligence report on the sinking of future President [[John F. Kennedy]]'s ''[[Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109|PT-109]]''.{{Sfn|Hutchinson|1998|p=175}} For his service, White was awarded two [[Bronze Star Medal|Bronze Star]] medals,<ref name="usa today"/> and was honorably discharged as a [[Lieutenant commander (United States)|lieutenant commander]] in 1945.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Wright |first=Alfred |date=December 10, 1962 |title=A Modest All-America Who Sits on the Highest Bench - |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1962/12/10/a-modest-allamerica-who-sits-on-the-highest-bench |magazine=Sports Illustrated |access-date=October 18, 2020 |archive-date=October 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018192954/https://vault.si.com/vault/1962/12/10/a-modest-allamerica-who-sits-on-the-highest-bench |url-status=live }}</ref>