Arther Edmond Sheehan Jr is an Air Core Veteran and Baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

 Player. Born in 1924, his family later moved to San Francisco, California, where he played basketball, baseball, and was later drafted into World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

. With only two missions left before being sent home, his B-12

Martin B-10

The Martin B-10 was the first all-metal monoplane bomber to go into regular use by the United States Army Air Corps, entering service in June 1934...

 Aircraft blew up, while he was working as a Staff Sergeant and gunner. He is the Brother of Ed Sheehan and Pat Sheehan.