Philip Berrigan graduated from high school in Syracuse, New York, and was then employed cleaning trains for the New York Central Railroad. He played with a semi-professional baseball team. In 1943, after a semester of schooling at St. Michael's College, Toronto, Berrigan was drafted into combat duty in . He served in the artillery during the Battle of the Bulge (1945) and later became a Second Lieutenant in the infantry. He was deeply affected by racial segregation and racism during boot camp in the American South. Berrigan graduated with an English degree from the College of the Holy Cross, a Jesuit college in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Philip Berrigan graduated from high school in Syracuse New York and was then employed cleaning trains for the New York Central Railroad He played with a semi-professional baseball team In 1943 after a semester of schooling at St Michael's College Toronto Berrigan was drafted into combat duty in  He served in the artillery during the Battle of the Bulge (1945) and later became a Second Lieutenant in the infantry He was deeply affected by racial segregation and racism during boot camp in the American South Berrigan graduated with an English degree from the College of the Holy Cross a Jesuit college in Worcester Massachusetts