Naval hero, Commander John J. Shea, AV(G), USNR, served as Excutive Officer of Naval Reserve Air Base Squantum in Massachusetts

Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...

 from 1930, until called to active duty and assigned to the USS Wasp (CV-7)

USS Wasp (CV-7)

USS Wasp was a United States Navy aircraft carrier. The eighth Navy ship of that name, she was the sole ship of her class. Built to use up the remaining tonnage allowed to the U.S. for aircraft carriers under the treaties of the time, she was built on a reduced-size version of the Yorktown-class...

 in 1940. The USS Shea (DM-30)

USS Shea (DM-30)

USS Shea was a Robert H. Smith-class destroyer minelayer in the United States Navy. She was named for Lieutenant Commander John Joseph Shea.-History:...

 was named in his honor, and in 1946, the Navy Dept named NAS Squantum "Shea Field". When NAS Squantum closed, the nearby NAS South Weymouth carried on the tradition by naming the air station's main road in his honor.

Eddie Pellagrini Diamond at John Shea Field, the 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...

 facility at Boston College

Boston College

Boston College is a private Jesuit research university located in the village of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA. The main campus is bisected by the border between the cities of Boston and Newton. It has 9,200 full-time undergraduates and 4,000 graduate students. Its name reflects its early...

, is also named after him.