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class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US-O3_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/US-O3_insignia.svg/25px-US-O3_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/US-O3_insignia.svg/38px-US-O3_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/US-O3_insignia.svg/50px-US-O3_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="534" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Captain_(OF-2)" class="mw-redirect" title="Captain (OF-2)">Captain</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Unit</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/586th_Flight_Test_Squadron" title="586th Flight Test Squadron">586th Bomb Squadron</a>, <a href="/wiki/394th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="394th Bombardment Group">394th Bombardment Group</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Battles / wars</th><td class="infobox-data">World War II <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_air_campaign_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="European air campaign (World War II)">European air campaign</a>  <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Old English Text MT',serif"><b>†</b></span></a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Soldier%27s_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Soldier%27s_Medal_ribbon.svg/25px-Soldier%27s_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="7" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Soldier%27s_Medal_ribbon.svg/38px-Soldier%27s_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, 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1em"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Michigan" title="University of Michigan">University of Michigan</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Elmer John Gedeon</b> (April 15, 1917 – April 20, 1944) was an American <a href="/wiki/Professional_baseball" title="Professional baseball">professional baseball</a> player, appearing in several games for the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%9360)" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Senators (1901–60)">Washington Senators</a> in <a href="/wiki/1939_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1939 Major League Baseball season">1939</a>. Gedeon and <a href="/wiki/Harry_O%27Neill_(catcher)" title="Harry O'Neill (catcher)">Harry O'Neill</a> were the only two <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> players killed during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Weintraub_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Weintraub-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gedeon flew several missions in the <a href="/wiki/European_Theater_of_Operations,_United_States_Army" title="European Theater of Operations, United States Army">European Theater of Operations</a> as an officer of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">United States Army Air Forces</a> before being shot down over France. </p><p>During college at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Michigan" title="University of Michigan">University of Michigan</a>, Gedeon became an <a href="/wiki/All-American" class="mw-redirect" title="All-American">All-American</a> in <a href="/wiki/Track_and_field" title="Track and field">track and field</a>, and earned <a href="/wiki/Varsity_letter" title="Varsity letter">varsity letters</a> in both <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">football</a> and <a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">baseball</a>. He tied a <a href="/wiki/World_record" title="World record">world record</a> in the high <a href="/wiki/Hurdling" title="Hurdling">hurdles</a> in 1938. After graduating, Gedeon had a stint in Major League Baseball as an <a href="/wiki/Outfielder" title="Outfielder">outfielder</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%9360)" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Senators (1901–60)">Washington Senators</a>. Gedeon spent most of the 1939 and 1940 baseball seasons in the minor leagues, but he was called up to the Senators in September 1939. </p><p>Gedeon's baseball career was cut short when he was <a href="/wiki/Military_draft" class="mw-redirect" title="Military draft">drafted</a> by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> in early 1941. He trained as a <a href="/wiki/Bomber" title="Bomber">bomber</a> pilot, and was decorated for bravery after his plane crashed on a training flight in 1942. He later served in combat, and was shot down and killed while <a href="/wiki/Aviator" class="mw-redirect" title="Aviator">piloting</a> a <a href="/wiki/B-26_Marauder" class="mw-redirect" title="B-26 Marauder">B-26 bomber</a> on a mission over France in April 1944. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Growing_up_in_Cleveland">Growing up in Cleveland</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elmer_Gedeon&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Growing up in Cleveland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born on April 15, 1917, in <a href="/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland">Cleveland</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gedeon was a star athlete at Cleveland's <a href="/wiki/West_High_School_(Cleveland)" class="mw-redirect" title="West High School (Cleveland)">West High School</a>, where he was a member of the class of 1935.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) athlete who excelled in American football, baseball, and <a href="/wiki/Track_and_field" title="Track and field">track and field</a>. While <a href="/wiki/Ice_skating" title="Ice skating">ice skating</a> in <a href="/wiki/Old_Brooklyn" title="Old Brooklyn">Brookside Park</a> in Cleveland as a youth, the ice gave way and Gedeon's cousin plunged through up to his neck. The cousin later recalled: "Elmer slid across the ice on his belly and pulled me out."<sup id="cite_ref-UMASPSWWII_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UMASPSWWII-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some sources state that <a href="/wiki/Joe_Gedeon" title="Joe Gedeon">Joe Gedeon</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> player who was implicated in the <a href="/wiki/Black_Sox_Scandal" title="Black Sox Scandal">Chicago Black Sox scandal</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was Elmer's uncle, but this is unlikely—he may have been a more remote relative.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gedeon's <a href="/wiki/Surname" title="Surname">surname</a> was common in Cleveland, because many people from <a href="/wiki/Sudetenland" title="Sudetenland">Sudetenland</a>, where it was common, settled in Cleveland.<sup id="cite_ref-RGeMDBldiW_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGeMDBldiW-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One finding was that Gedeon's widow, who was named Laura, later moved to <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RGeMDBldiW_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGeMDBldiW-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another was that his third cousin Charlotte Gedeon said Elmer carried her grandmother's <a href="/wiki/Coffin" title="Coffin">casket</a> during a funeral.<sup id="cite_ref-RGeMDBldiW_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGeMDBldiW-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Collegiate_athletics">Collegiate athletics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elmer_Gedeon&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Collegiate athletics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Elmer_John_Gedeon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Elmer_John_Gedeon.png/155px-Elmer_John_Gedeon.png" decoding="async" width="155" height="198" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Elmer_John_Gedeon.png/233px-Elmer_John_Gedeon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Elmer_John_Gedeon.png/310px-Elmer_John_Gedeon.png 2x" data-file-width="371" data-file-height="475" /></a><figcaption>Gedeon from 1939 <i>Michiganensian</i></figcaption></figure> <p>Gedeon enrolled at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Michigan" title="University of Michigan">University of Michigan</a> in 1935 where he earned <a href="/wiki/Varsity_letter" title="Varsity letter">varsity letters</a> in three sports: baseball, football, and track and field.<sup id="cite_ref-UMASPSWWII_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UMASPSWWII-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gedeon's best sport was track and field,<sup id="cite_ref-UMASPSWWII_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UMASPSWWII-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in which he was a two-time <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a> champion in the outdoor <a href="/wiki/110_metre_hurdles" class="mw-redirect" title="110 metre hurdles">120-yard high hurdles</a> and indoor <a href="/wiki/60_metre_hurdles" class="mw-redirect" title="60 metre hurdles">70-yard high hurdles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GBEGSABR_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GBEGSABR-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BTRB_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BTRB-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TTEMMT&F_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TTEMMT&F-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 1938, Gedeon tied the American indoor record in the 70-yard (64 m) high hurdles at the Big Ten meet in <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He went on to tie a world record in the Illinois Relays, and then won the Big Ten title despite an injury.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also led Michigan to victory in the March 1939 Big Ten indoor track and field meet in Chicago.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Michigan won both the Big Ten outdoor and indoor championships in 1938–1939.<sup id="cite_ref-BTRB_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BTRB-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TTEMMT&F_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TTEMMT&F-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the 1938 outdoor <a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">National Collegiate Athletic Association</a> championships, he placed third in the 120-yard (110 m) hurdles and became an All-American in track and field.<sup id="cite_ref-TTEMMT&F_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TTEMMT&F-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gedeon also wore #51 for the <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Wolverines_football" title="Michigan Wolverines football">Michigan Wolverines football</a> program from <a href="/wiki/1936_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1936 Michigan Wolverines football team">1936</a> to <a href="/wiki/1938_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1938 Michigan Wolverines football team">1938</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> earning three varsity letters in football. In 1937, a feature article on the Michigan team noted that, in addition to his abilities as an end, "Gedeon can pass and punt, and can run faster than any one on the squad."<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1938, Gedeon played <a href="/wiki/End_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="End (American football)">end</a> in Coach <a href="/wiki/Fritz_Crisler" title="Fritz Crisler">Fritz Crisler</a>'s first season as Michigan's football coach. That was the year that Coach Crisler introduced the "<a href="/wiki/Winged_football_helmet" title="Winged football helmet">winged football helmet</a>" at Michigan. Team <a href="/wiki/Captain_(sports)" title="Captain (sports)">captain</a> Fred Janke recalled Gedeon was "a tall, skinny guy", at 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) and 196 pounds (89 kg; 14.0 st).<sup id="cite_ref-UMASPSWWII_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UMASPSWWII-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "A rather serious kid. He could kick quite well. They used to pull him back in serious situations and let him <a href="/wiki/Punt_(gridiron_football)" title="Punt (gridiron football)">punt</a> the ball, because he could punt it a mile."<sup id="cite_ref-UMASPSWWII_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UMASPSWWII-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In baseball, Gedeon played both <a href="/wiki/First_base" class="mw-redirect" title="First base">first base</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Outfield" title="Outfield">outfield</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Wolverines_baseball" title="Michigan Wolverines baseball">Michigan Wolverines baseball</a> team.<sup id="cite_ref-BIW_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BIW-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a two-time letterman in baseball and batted .320.<sup id="cite_ref-RGeMDBldiW_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGeMDBldiW-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_baseball">Professional baseball</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elmer_Gedeon&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Professional baseball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Baseball player</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334398">.mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio{border-collapse:collapse}.mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio td,.mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio th{border:1px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio .borderless td,.mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio .borderless th{border:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio .infobox-below{background-color:#eee}.mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio-batsthrows{display:flex;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio-batsthrows>div{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio-batsthrows div:first-child{border-right:1px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio-member-header{background-color:#9A1C1F}.mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio-member-header a,.mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio-member>th>a{color:white}.mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio-former .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio-teams .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio-highlights .infobox-full-data{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio-module{width:100%;background-color:var(--background-color-base,#f9f9f9)}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio-member-header{background:#3d0001}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio-member[style*="background"]{background:#0c0a6b!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio-member-header{background:#3d0001}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio-member[style*="background"]{background:#0c0a6b!important}}</style><table class="infobox ib-baseball-bio vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><span class="note">Elmer Gedeon</span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>Outfielder</b></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="ib-baseball-bio-batsthrows"><div><b>Batted:</b> Right</div><div><b>Threw:</b> Right</div></div></td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">MLB debut</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">September 18, 1939, for the Washington Senators</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Last MLB appearance</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">September 24, 1939, for the Washington Senators</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">MLB statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Games_played" title="Games played">Games played</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">5</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/At_bat" title="At bat">At bats</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">15</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">Hits</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">3</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gedeoel01.shtml">Stats</a> at <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Reference" title="Baseball Reference">Baseball Reference</a></b> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2306581#P1825" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Teams</th></tr><tr class="ib-baseball-bio-teams"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%9360)" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Senators (1901–60)">Washington Senators</a> (1939)</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Gedeon signed with the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%9360)" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Senators (1901–60)">Washington Senators</a> after graduating in the summer of 1939.<sup id="cite_ref-GBEGSABR_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GBEGSABR-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He chose to sign with the Senators over a possible appearance as a member of the USA's track team in the <a href="/wiki/1940_Summer_Olympics" title="1940 Summer Olympics">1940 Summer Olympics</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RGeMDBldiW_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGeMDBldiW-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gedeon was quite a prospect; <a href="/wiki/Clark_Griffith" title="Clark Griffith">Clark Griffith</a>, president of the Senators, mentioned Gedeon to <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sporting_News" title="The Sporting News">The Sporting News</a></i> on June 15, when talking about exciting new players: "We've got ... a youngster from the University of Michigan named Gedeon."<sup id="cite_ref-BIW_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BIW-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gedeon was initially assigned to a <a href="/wiki/Minor_league_baseball" class="mw-redirect" title="Minor league baseball">minor league baseball</a> team in <a href="/wiki/Orlando,_Florida" title="Orlando, Florida">Orlando, Florida</a> where he played in 67 games in 1939.<sup id="cite_ref-GBEGSABR_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GBEGSABR-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RWWIIA_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RWWIIA-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In mid-September, he was called up to the major leagues where he appeared in five games as an outfielder with three hits, one run and one RBI.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His three hits came in a 10–9 win against the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> on September 19 as the starting <a href="/wiki/Centerfielder" class="mw-redirect" title="Centerfielder">centerfielder</a>. In his five major league games, he played four games in center field and one in <a href="/wiki/Right_field" class="mw-redirect" title="Right field">right field</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BIW_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BIW-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1940, Gedeon attended spring training with the Senators in Orlando, seeking a spot in the outfield or first base. In February 1940, newspapers ran a wire service photograph of Gedeon hurdling over Senators first baseman <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Wasdell" title="Jimmy Wasdell">Jimmy Wasdell</a>, supposedly "by way of warming up".<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> returned to the minor leagues where he played for the <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Hornets_(baseball)" title="Charlotte Hornets (baseball)">Charlotte Hornets</a> (in the <a href="/wiki/Piedmont_League" title="Piedmont League">Piedmont League</a>) and hit .271 in 131 games.<sup id="cite_ref-GBEGSABR_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GBEGSABR-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RWWIIA_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RWWIIA-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was again recalled in September, but he made no appearances in any games.<sup id="cite_ref-BIW_17-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BIW-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It appeared 1941 would see Gedeon moving to play more minor league baseball for either Greenville or Springfield. In the interim Gedeon served as an assistant football coach at Michigan.<sup id="cite_ref-BIW_17-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BIW-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_service_and_death_in_World_War_II">Military service and death in World War II</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elmer_Gedeon&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Military service and death in World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gedeon was drafted into the military in January 1941, reporting to the Army instead of attending spring training.<sup id="cite_ref-RWWIIA_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RWWIIA-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was inducted at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Thomas,_Kentucky" title="Fort Thomas, Kentucky">Fort Thomas, Kentucky</a> and reported to the Cavalry Replacement Center at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Riley" title="Fort Riley">Fort Riley</a> on March 18. He immediately became an acting <a href="/wiki/Corporal#United_States" title="Corporal">corporal</a> of Troop B of the First Squadron for the thirteen-week training program. The Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan owns a copy of an April 1941 <a href="/wiki/Fraternities_and_sororities" title="Fraternities and sororities">fraternity</a> newsletter with a note from Gedeon. "As you probably know by this time", he wrote to his <a href="/wiki/Phi_Gamma_Delta" title="Phi Gamma Delta">Phi Gamma Delta</a> brothers, "Old Ged has been drafted."<sup id="cite_ref-UMASPSWWII_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UMASPSWWII-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On being assigned to the cavalry, Gedeon joked in the letter to his fraternity that "the only horse I ever saw in my life was the one the milkman used."<sup id="cite_ref-UMASPSWWII_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UMASPSWWII-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On October 22, 1941, Gedeon was accepted into pilot training despite his larger size and transferred to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">United States Army Air Forces</a>, earning his <a href="/wiki/Pilot%27s_wings" class="mw-redirect" title="Pilot's wings">pilot's wings</a> and a commission as a <a href="/wiki/Second_lieutenant#United_States" title="Second lieutenant">second lieutenant</a> at <a href="/wiki/Williams_Air_Force_Base" title="Williams Air Force Base">Williams Field, Arizona</a> in May 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-bedseam_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bedseam-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He undertook twin-engined bomber training with the <a href="/wiki/21st_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="21st Operations Group">21st Bomb Group</a> at <a href="/wiki/MacDill_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="MacDill Field">MacDill Field</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tampa,_Florida" title="Tampa, Florida">Tampa, Florida</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BIW_17-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BIW-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gedeon's usual duties were to aid in European mission planning from a desk.<sup id="cite_ref-Weintraub_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Weintraub-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On August 9, 1942, Gedeon was flying as the <a href="/wiki/Navigator" title="Navigator">navigator</a> in a <a href="/wiki/B-25" class="mw-redirect" title="B-25">B-25</a> which crashed into the middle of a swamp on take off from the municipal airport at <a href="/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina" title="Raleigh, North Carolina">Raleigh, North Carolina</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-UMASPSWWII_5-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UMASPSWWII-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Crash_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crash-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gedeon crawled from the burning bomber, and despite burns and three broken ribs, he went back into the wreckage, rescuing a crewmate, Corporal John R. Rarrat, who had suffered a broken back and two broken legs.<sup id="cite_ref-UMASPSWWII_5-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UMASPSWWII-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GBEGSABR_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GBEGSABR-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hero_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hero-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two crew members died in the crash,<sup id="cite_ref-Crash_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crash-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Gedeon spent 12 weeks in the hospital recovering from his broken ribs and burns to his back, hands, face and legs, some requiring skin grafts.<sup id="cite_ref-RWWIIA_18-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RWWIIA-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He lost 50 pounds (22.7 kg) in recovery.<sup id="cite_ref-Weintraub_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Weintraub-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/First_lieutenant" title="First lieutenant">First Lt.</a> Gedeon was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Soldier%27s_Medal" title="Soldier's Medal">Soldier's Medal</a> for heroism and bravery by Major General <a href="/wiki/St._Clair_Streett" title="St. Clair Streett">St. Clair Streett</a> in what was described as "one of the most colorful ceremonies ever held at MacDill Field.<sup id="cite_ref-Hero_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hero-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"I'll be back in baseball after the war", he had said on his last <a href="/wiki/Leave_(military)" title="Leave (military)">leave</a> before going overseas.<sup id="cite_ref-KUPERFT_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KUPERFT-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gedeon's cousin recalled: "The last time I saw him, he told me, 'I had my accident. It's going to be good flying from now on.' He said he had used up his bad luck."<sup id="cite_ref-UMASPSWWII_5-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UMASPSWWII-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 1943, the <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a> ran a feature story about Gedeon's war service under the headline: "Gedeon Will Return to Baseball If War Doesn’t Last Too Long."<sup id="cite_ref-GWRtGIWDLTL_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GWRtGIWDLTL-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gedeon was quoted in the article as saying "he hopes to pick up after the war where he left off." He added that "it's a matter of time." "If the war ends before I’m past the playing age I’ll return to the game. If I’m too old, I’ll do something else."<sup id="cite_ref-GWRtGIWDLTL_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GWRtGIWDLTL-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:394bg-boreham-2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/394bg-boreham-2.jpg/220px-394bg-boreham-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/394bg-boreham-2.jpg/330px-394bg-boreham-2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/394bg-boreham-2.jpg/440px-394bg-boreham-2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="327" /></a><figcaption>B-26 Marauder of the 394th Bomb Group at RAF Boreham.</figcaption></figure> <p>In July 1943, Gedeon was among personnel from the 21st BG that became the cadre of the <a href="/wiki/586th_Flight_Test_Squadron" title="586th Flight Test Squadron">586th Bomb Squadron</a>, <a href="/wiki/394th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="394th Bombardment Group">394th Bombardment Group</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">United States Army Air Forces</a>, formed to train with Martin <a href="/wiki/B-26_Marauder" class="mw-redirect" title="B-26 Marauder">B-26 Marauders</a>. At <a href="/wiki/Ardmore_Air_Force_Base" title="Ardmore Air Force Base">Ardmore Army Air Field</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma" title="Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a>, he participated in group operational training in preparation for combat.<sup id="cite_ref-bedseam_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bedseam-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 1944, the group was sent to <a href="/wiki/RAF_Boreham" title="RAF Boreham">RAF Boreham</a>, England, to become part of the <a href="/wiki/Ninth_Air_Force" title="Ninth Air Force">Ninth Air Force</a>. Gedeon was assigned as Squadron Operations Officer and began flying combat missions in Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-BIW_17-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BIW-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His first mission was to attack an airfield at <a href="/wiki/Beaumont-le-Roger" title="Beaumont-le-Roger">Beaumont-le-Roger</a>, France, on March 23, 1944. </p><p>On April 20, 1944, Gedeon piloted one of 36 B-26 bombers which departed RAF Boreham in the late afternoon on a special mission to attack a <a href="/wiki/V-1_(flying_bomb)" class="mw-redirect" title="V-1 (flying bomb)">V-1 "buzz bomb"</a> site being constructed at <a href="/wiki/Esquerdes" title="Esquerdes">Esquerdes</a>, a village in the <a href="/wiki/Pas-de-Calais" title="Pas-de-Calais">Pas-de-Calais</a> near <a href="/wiki/Saint-Omer" title="Saint-Omer">Saint-Omer</a>. Led by Captain <a href="/wiki/Darrell_R._Lindsey" title="Darrell R. Lindsey">Darrell R. Lindsey</a>, it was the group's thirteenth mission.<sup id="cite_ref-GBEGSABR_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GBEGSABR-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Attacking after dusk from 12,000 feet (3,700 m), the group encountered intense and accurate anti-aircraft fire, and Gedeon's plane was hit by <a href="/wiki/Anti-aircraft_warfare" title="Anti-aircraft warfare">flak</a> below the cockpit just after bombing. Gedeon's co-pilot, his clothes on fire, was able to <a href="/wiki/Parachute" title="Parachute">parachute</a> from the bomber as it plunged toward the ground, although Gedeon and five other crew members were killed in the subsequent crash.<sup id="cite_ref-RWWIIA_18-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RWWIIA-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bedseam_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bedseam-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gedeon was initially reported as missing in action and it was not until May 1945 his family received word his grave had been located in a small British Army cemetery at <a href="/wiki/Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise" title="Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise">Saint-Pol</a>, France.<sup id="cite_ref-RWWIIA_18-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RWWIIA-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gedeon's remains were later returned to the United States and interred in <a href="/wiki/Arlington_National_Cemetery" title="Arlington National Cemetery">Arlington National Cemetery</a>, Section 34, Site 3047.<sup id="cite_ref-RWWIIA_18-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RWWIIA-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Of the more than 500 major league players who served in the military in World War II,<sup id="cite_ref-Weintraub_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Weintraub-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gedeon and <a href="/wiki/Harry_O%27Neill_(catcher)" title="Harry O'Neill (catcher)">Harry O'Neill</a> were the only two players killed,<sup id="cite_ref-UMASPSWWII_5-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UMASPSWWII-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RWWIIA_18-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RWWIIA-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> both at age 27. The two have become symbols of "baseball's sacrifice" in the war effort. As the <a href="/wiki/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum">National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum</a> proclaims: "Ballplayers, like every other American citizen, understand the importance of giving one's self for their country."<sup id="cite_ref-KUPERFT_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KUPERFT-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the war, a scholarship in Gedeon's name was established at the University of Michigan.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gedeon was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Michigan_Athletic_Hall_of_Honor" title="University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor">University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor</a> for track and baseball in 1983. He was the sixth Michigan athlete inducted for his contributions in multiple sports.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_decorations">Awards and decorations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elmer_Gedeon&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Awards and decorations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="3"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USAAF_Wings.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/USAAF_Wings.png/250px-USAAF_Wings.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="74" class="mw-file-element" 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