Frank F. Ledford Jr.

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Frank Finley Ledford Jr. （April 22, 1934 – May 15, 2019） was an American orthopedic surgeon who served as the 37th Surgeon General of the United States Army from 1988 to 1992.
He was born in April 1934 in Jacksonville, Florida.
He attended college at the University of Dayton and received his bachelor's degree in 1955.
That university later awarded him the Distinguished Alumni Award for his becoming the army surgeon general.
In 1959, he received an M.D. degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
Later he did residency training in orthopedic surgery.
Ledford was board certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery.
He is also a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
Ledford has held positions as a Clinical Professor at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences （USUHS）, the medical school operated by the armed forces and at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
Culminating a long career in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, he was appointed the Surgeon General of the United States Army from June 16, 1988 to June 18, 1992.
At the time, he had attained the rank of lieutenant general.
His tenure as Surgeon General came at the time of the Gulf War, when Allied forces liberated the Kuwait after Iraq invaded the country in 1991.
This period was marked by apprehension over the threat of Iraqi forces using its known stock of nerve gas and possible use of biological weapons against Allied forces.
This period was also marked by...