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John H. Ebersole
American pioneer in submarine medicine and radiation oncology, Captain US Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Captain John Henry Ebersole, M.D., United States Navy Medical Corps (26 January 1925 – 23 September 1993) was a pioneer in submarine medicine and radiation oncology, selected by Admiral Hyman G. Rickover to serve as medical officer aboard the US Navy's first two nuclear powered submarines, the USS Nautilus and the USS Seawolf. He was the radiologist for NASA that screened the Mercury Seven astronauts for Project Mercury. Ebersole was the radiologist responsible for the x-rays taken during the autopsy of John F. Kennedy on 22 November 1963 at Bethesda Naval Medical Center.
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Nickname(s) | "Jack" |
Born | (1925-01-26)January 26, 1925 Sterling, Illinois |
Died | September 23, 1993(1993-09-23) (aged 68) Lancaster, Pennsylvania |
Buried | Section: 8, Site: 9473 |
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Years of service | 1948–1970 |
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Spouse(s) | Marion E. Sherwood (1927 - 2004) |
Relations | Catherine E. Walker, (daughter) Richard J. Ebersole (son) Michael J. Ebersole (son) William P. Ebersole (son) John H. Ebersole (son) Joseph E. Ebersole (son) |
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