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Dr. Rufus Hessberg was an Army Medical Corps doctor during
World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
and later was a pioneer aeromedical scientist. He served as an early instructor at the Air Rescue Specialists Course at
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,
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in 1949, teaching some of the Air Force's first
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. He went on to head the animal research group for
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. He served for several years as an Executive Vice President of the
Aerospace Medical Association The Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA) is the largest professional organization in the fields of aviation, space, and environmental medicine. The AsMA membership includes aerospace and hyperbaric medical specialists, scientists, flight nurses, p ...
before retiring in 1991.


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