(August 15, 1921 in Athens, Georgia – June 29, 2003 in Signal Mountain, Tennessee) was a decorated World War II officer.
Born in Athens, Georgia, he would later go on to fame as an officer with the 82nd Airborne during World War II and later serve as a Medical Service Corps officer with the fledgling Army Air Force Air Rescue Service, earning a Bronze Star for his actions in saving the crew of a stricken B-17 Flying Fortress that had crashed into the Nicaraguan jungle.
He left the service and served as a pediatrician in Chattanooga, Tennessee until his death in 2003.