[1][2][3][4] During World War II, Zeke Bonura, a major league baseball player, was posted to Oran, Algeria.
[1][5][6][7] The North African World Series was a best two-out-of-three-game championship played on October 3 and 4, 1943, at St. Eugene municipal stadium in Algiers, Algeria, between the two teams.
[1][5][9] The best hitter in the series was Lieutenant Walt Singer, the only officer in the games, who played first base and also served as Casablanca's manager.
[1][10][11] Bonura promoted the North African World Series through coverage on the Armed Forces Radio Network.
[1][5][6][13] The winners were presented with baseballs autographed by General Dwight D. Eisenhower, and the winning team received a trophy made from an unexploded Italian bomb.