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Warren L. Carpenter, born August 12, 1931 at Little Rock, Arkansas, died July 7, 2003, at Colorado Springs, Colorado, was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Air Force with a distinguished record of service in peacetime and wartime[1], including flying 297 combat hours[2], serving as one of six Residents in Aerospace Medicine selected to fly on medical evacuation aircraft to bring home the U.S. prisoners-of-war from North Viet Nam on the final repatriation leg of Operation Homecoming[3][4][5], serving as the Department of Defense's Chief Medical Officer for military space shuttle missions[6], and earning a remarkable six Service awards for marksmanship.[7]
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Warren L. Carpenter | |
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![]() Warren L. Carpenter, Flight Surgeon, ca. 1967 | |
Nickname(s) | "Doc" |
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Rank | Colonel (United States) |
Commands held | Command Surgeon, Alaskan Air Command and Commander, USAF Hospital Elmendorf, Vice-Commander of the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine, Command Surgeon of United States Space Command, Air Force Space Command, and North American Aerospace Defense Command |
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