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John Henry Ebersole

Arlington, Virginia
Section: 8, Site: 9473
Allegiance United States of America
Service/branch United States Navy
Years of service1948–1970
RankCaptain
Unit
Awards
U.S. Navy Unit Commendation – USS Seawolf
Gorgas Medal
Spouse(s)Marion E. Sherwood (1927 - 2004)
RelationsCatherine E. Walker, (daughter)
Richard J. Ebersole (son)
Michael J. Ebersole (son)
William P. Ebersole (son)
John H. Ebersole (son)
Joseph E. Ebersole (son)

Captain John Henry Ebersole,

Bethesda Naval Medical Center
.

Biography

Ebersole was born in 1925 at Sterling, Illinois. He grew up in northwestern Illinois.

Ebersole served for 24 years in the U.S. Navy Medical Corps. He was the first officer to serve aboard two nuclear submarines, the

Franklin and Marshall College and taught a detective fiction course in the EtCetera program. He was a founding member of the Orange Street Improbables, a group of mystery enthusiasts.[1]

In 1993, Ebersole died at home after a brief illness at Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery, in plot: Sec: 8, Site: 9473.[2]

Education

Ebersole completed his undergraduate studies at

M.D. at the age 23.[1][4][5]

U.S. Navy career

Ebersole entered the U.S. Navy in July 1948 and trained in undersea medicine. As a future submarine doctor, Ebersole received extensive nuclear training. From 1949 to 1959, Ebersole was associated with

nuclear submarines and had special training in nuclear physics at Duke University and at Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Ebersole was commissioned in the U.S. Navy and served on the USS Nautilus and the USS Seawolf, the first two nuclear submarines. Ebersole was selected by Admiral Hyman G. Rickover as the medical officer for the USS Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered submarine and served under commanding officer Commander Eugene Parks Wilkinson. Ebersole was a member of the launching crew for the USS Nautilus.[6][7]
He went on to serve as medical officer aboard the USS Seawolf, the second nuclear submarine for the U.S. Navy. Ebersole was the first person to serve on more than one nuclear powered vessel.

On 26 September 1957, President

Atlantic Fleet submarine force commander.[8]
The President was briefed by Ebersole regarding radiation exposure aboard the Seawolf. According to the The New York Times report:

The President was briefed about controlled radiation exposure aboard nuclear-powered submarines. He received a

film patch to wear and a tiny dosimeter to read. The medical officer, Lieutenant Commander John E. Ebersole of Sterling, Illinois, explained to the President that submariners in the new type craft get an average radiation dosage of about 200 milliroentgens a year, compared with an allowable industrial dose of about 300 a week. As he left the boat, the President jokingly told Admiral Warder to check on his film patch and "let me know if I had too much radiation." "I assure you, you won't have," the Admiral said."[9]

Ebersole aboard the Seawolf.

During his tour, the Seawolf set a new record of submergence for 60 days under the command of Captain Richard Boyer Laning. Captain Laning and the Seawolf crew were greeted upon return to port at New London, Connecticut, by Rear Admiral Hyman G. Rickover.[10]

When the USS Seawolf was

Bethesda Naval Hospital
. In July 1963, he completed residency. He then became Chief of Radiation Therapy in the Medicine Section at Bethesda Naval Hospital.

Nuke School

Eventually, the Navy established a routine training program for what would be called Nuke School. The coursework for officers to be assigned to nuclear submarines and ships began at

Hanford plutonium production facilities in Washington. Next the candidates spent 5 weeks at the Nevada Test Site and the Sandia nuclear weapons laboratory in New Mexico. They finished up with 6 weeks of additional training at the Walter Reed Laboratory in Maryland.[11]

NASA

From 1958 to 1961, Ebersole worked with NASA during the training phase of the Project Mercury.[12] Ebersole was part of the committee that evaluated the candidates selected for Project Mercury, the NASA Special Committee on Life Sciences. The committee included: Dr. William Randolph Lovelace II, Captain Norman L. Barr, Lieutenant Commander John H. Ebersole, Brigadier General Donald D. Flickinger, LtCol Robert H. Holmes, Dr. Wright Haskell Langham, Dr. Robert Burr Livingston, Dr. Orr Reynolds, and Boyd C. Myers II, committee secretary.[13]

John F. Kennedy autopsy

At the time of the President Kennedy autopsy, Ebersole was Commander, United States Navy, Assistant Chief of Radiology and head of the Radiology Division at Bethesda Naval Medical Center.[14][15][16] 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. After the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Ebersole remained at Bethesda Naval Medical Center. In 1968, he was promoted to chairman of the radiology department and retired in 1970.

Personal life

On 21 October 1948, John H. Ebersole, physician applied for a marriage license to wed Marion E. Sherwood, nurse. The couple were married on 30 October 1948 at St. Vincent de Paul church by Reverend M.J. Rouck in Bedford, Indiana. Ebersole was the son of Noah Ebersole, auto mechanic and Geraldine Kathryn McCormick, housewife. Marion was the daughter of Samuel J. Sherwood, estimator and Maybelle Elizabeth Lehay.[17]

Professional Service

Awards and honors

Publications

References

  1. ^ a b Herman, Jan Kenneth. Editor. (January–February 1994). Captain J.H. Ebersole, MC, USN (Retired). In Memoriam. Navy Medicine: A Look Back. U.S. Government Printing Office. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Navy Medicine. 85(1): pages 34-35.
  2. ^ United States Social Security Death Index. Database. FamilySearch. John H Ebersole. 25 Sep 1993. Citing U.S. Social Security Administration. Death Master File. Database. Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service.
  3. ^ Editor. (March 2013). John Ebersole '44, MD. 40, The Forties. Class Notes. News & Events. St. Ambrose University. Davenport, Iowa.
  4. ^ Anderson, Amy. (1993). John H. Ebersole, 68. "E". Obituaries For Whiteside County Illinois.
  5. ^ "Maria Sherwood Doctor's Bride In St. Vincent Nuptial High Mass", The Bedford Daily Times Mail, Bedford, Indiana, volume LVII, number 89, page 4. (subscription required)
  6. ^ Charette, Al (NAAI Historian). (21 January 1954). Members of the Launching Crew. The Day. New London, Connecticut.
  7. ^ "Launching crew" (PDF). www.ussnautilus.us. Retrieved 2019-05-27.
  8. ^ Editor. (2016). 26 September 1957. President boarded the Seawolf. Dwight D. Eisenhower Daily Appointment Schedule. Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library. Miller Center. University of Virginia.
  9. ^ Editor. (27 September 1957). Eisenhower Takes First Dive in an Atomic Submarine. The New York Times.
  10. ^ Johnson, Keith R. (7 October 1958). Seawolf Sets 60-Day Mark. The Cornell Daily Sun. LXXV(12): page 1.
  11. ISBN 0595252702
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  12. Space Medicine in Project Mercury
    . Biological Requirements. NASA Special Committee on Life Sciences. NASA. NASA SP-4003. Washington, D.C.
  13. ^ NASA. (9 April 1959). Mercury Astronaut Selection Fact Sheet. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Washington, D.C. NASA Release No. 59-113.
  14. Warren Report
    . Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1964.
  15. ^ Breo D. (27 May 1992). JFK's death: The plain truth from the MDs who did the autopsy. JAMA. 267(20): 2794–2803.
  16. ^ Aguilar, Gary L.; Wecht, Cyril H.; Bradford, Rex. (September 2005). A Neuroforensic Analysis of the Wounds of President John F. Kennedy: Part 2—A Study of the Available Evidence, Eyewitness Correlations, Analysis, and Conclusions. Neurosurgery. 57(3): E601.
  17. ^ Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007. Database with images. FamilySearch. John H Ebersole and Marian E Sherwood. 30 Oct 1948. Citing Bedford, Lawrence, Indiana, County Clerk offices, Indiana.
  18. ^ Marshall, Leslie B. (2 January 1959). From the Note Book. United States Navy Medical News Letter. U.S. Navy. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. 33(1): page 24.
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