Armstrong, Harry G. (Harry George), 1899-1983

Harry George Armstrong (b. 1899, DeSmet, S.D.-d. February 5, 1983) served in the U.S. Air Force as a flight surgeon. After graduating from medical school at the University of Louisville, Kentucky, in 1925, Armstrong attended the School of Aviation Medicine at Brooks Field, Texas, and the Army Medical School at Washington, D.C., and graduated from the Medical Field Service School at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. During World War II, he served as surgeon of the Eighth Air Force, and later as surgeon of the Air Division in the office of Military Government for Germany (U.S.) with headquarters in Berlin. He received prestigious awards for his contribution to the over-all safety of aviation and the protection of pilots in flight. He retired from the Air Force on September 1, 1958.

From the description of Armstrong, Harry G. (Harry George), 1899-1983 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10599054