. "--02-05"^^ . . ""@en . "De Smet, South Dakota"@en . "award-star"@en . . . "American Campaign Medal ribbon.svg"@en . . . . "Army of Occupation ribbon.svg"@en . . "American Defense Service ribbon.svg"@en . "World War I Victory Medal ribbon.svg"@en . . . "Legion of Merit ribbon.svg"@en . "25"^^ . . . "106"^^ . "*"@en . "Surgeon General of the Air Force"@en . . "230"^^ . . . "Place of burial"@en . "Harry George Armstrong"@en . . "Harry George Armstrong"@en . "Harry George Armstrong (February 17, 1899 \u2013 February 5, 1983), known as \"the father of space medicine\", was a Major General in the United States Air Force, a physician, and an airman. Armstrong served in the Marines during World War I and the Army and Air Force from 1930 to 1957. As Director of the United States Aeromedical Research Laboratory, he applied his medical and aviation knowledge to the improvement of aircrew protection from temperature extremes and the lack of oxygen at high altitude. He is widely recognized as a pioneer in the field of aviation medicine. The \"Armstrong Limit\", the altitude above which water boils at the temperature of the human body, is named after him."@en . . . "1918"^^ . "25"^^ . "0"^^ . "1"^^ . . . "Order of the British Empire Ribbon.png"@en . . . "oak"@en . "USAAF Flight Surgeon Wings.png"@en . "Oorlogskruis with Palm.jpg"@en . "1925"^^ . "250"^^ . . . "Harry George Armstrong (February 17, 1899 \u2013 February 5, 1983), known as \"the father of space medicine\", was a Major General in the United States Air Force, a physician, and an airman. Armstrong served in the Marines during World War I and the Army and Air Force from 1930 to 1957. As Director of the United States Aeromedical Research Laboratory, he applied his medical and aviation knowledge to the improvement of aircrew protection from temperature extremes and the lack of oxygen at high altitude."@en . . "European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign ribbon.svg"@en . . "Croix de guerre 1939-1945 with palm.jpg"@en . . . . . "Major General Harry George Armstrong"@en . "1899-02-17"^^ . "National Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg"@en . . . "service-star"@en . "World War II Victory Medal ribbon.svg"@en . "1949"^^ . "Air Force Distinguished Service ribbon.svg"@en .