Elmer Gedeon

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'Something else' Elmer Gedeon planned to return to baseball if he was still playing age when the war ended, but he was killed in 1944 when his plane was shot down over France. (University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library)

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Capt. Elmer Gedeon, who played 5 games for the Washington Senators in 1939, was one of two players with Major League Baseball experience killed in World War II. His plane was shot down April 20, 1944 over France. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. (Courtesy Gary Bedingfield)

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Elmer Gedeon was a baseball, track and football star at the University of Michigan before playing five games for the Washington Senators in 1939. He was one of two players with Major League Baseball experience killed in World War II.

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2nd Lt. James Taaffe was the lone survivor after the plane flown by former Washington Senators player Elmer Gedeon was shot down over France on April 20, 1944. Gedeon and four other crew members were killed. Taaffe spent the rest of the war as a POW. (Courtesy Taaffe family)

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Capt. Elmer Gedeon, a former baseball, track and football star at the University of Michigan who played 5 games for the Washington Senators in 1939, was one of two players with Major League Baseball experience killed in World War II. His plane was shot down April 20, 1944 over France. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. (University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library)

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Capt. Elmer Gedeon, a former track star at the University of Michigan who played 5 games for the Washington Senators in 1939, was one of two players with Major League Baseball experience killed in World War II. His plane was shot down April 20, 1944 over France. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. (University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library)

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Capt. Elmer Gedeon, who played 5 games for the Washington Senators in 1939, was one of two players with Major League Baseball experience killed in World War II. His plane was shot down April 20, 1944 over France. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. (Courtesy Gary Bedingfield)

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Capt. Elmer Gedeon, who played 5 games for the Washington Senators in 1939, was one of two players with Major League Baseball experience killed in World War II. His plane was shot down April 20, 1944 over France. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. (Marc Lancaster/The Washington Times)

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