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Dr. Armstrong (1923 medical flight)

Also Doctor Armstrong

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypePerson
ErasModern era

Summary

Dr. Armstrong was the Charlevoix physician carried by Army aircraft across the ice to Beaver Island to treat Jesse Cole after a logging accident in February 1923. The report says he attended the injured young man, left him with a nurse, and returned by plane that afternoon.

Evidence and limits

The source provides only the surname and medical role. It does not establish the physician’s first name, practice, hospital, or later career.

Open questions

  • Which Charlevoix medical or directory record identifies Dr. Armstrong fully?
  • Where was Jesse Cole treated after the physician returned to the mainland?

See also

Sources

  1. Charlevoix County Herald, February 9, 1923, “Army Plane Comes North.”
    Names Dr. Armstrong as the Charlevoix physician taken aboard the successful Army plane, carried twenty miles across the ice to Beaver Island, and left to attend Jesse Cole.