Cortez F. Enloe was a physician, writer, soldier and yachtsman who obtained a degree in chemistry from the University of Missouri, then studied medicine in Heidelberg where he researched heart disease. During World War II, Dr. Enloe became one of the most decorated medical officers in the American Armed Forces. He participated in combat as flight surgeon of the First Air Commando Force in the airborne invasion of Burma and in operations behind enemy lines in Central Burma. In India, he served as Medical Advisor to Admiral Louis Mountbatten and in Burma he supported Colonel Philip Cochran's "Air Commando's" and Major General Orde Wingate's long-range penetration forces. In 1945, Enloe went to the Europe with the U. S. Strategic Bombing Survey group and interrogated nearly all the doctors from Hitler's headquarters inquiring about the health of the German nation during the war, with special emphasis on how it was affected by the strategic bombing of the Reich's industrial and communications zones. After returning to civilian life, Dr. Enloe supervised medical research which included drug evaluation investigations, the solution of problems in aviation medicine, and the organization of emergency medical care plans. He created the internationally renowned journal, "Nutrition Today" and was its editor and publisher for twenty years. He died suddenly of a heart attack in 1995 before completing his book about the First Air Commando's.
From the description of Enloe collection, 1933-1995. (US Air Force Academy). WorldCat record id: 373873955
