Dade County FlArchives Biographies.....Martin, Leon H. 1889 - 
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Source: Vol. II  pg.151  The Lewis Publishing Co. 1923
Author: History of Florida, Past and Present  

        LEON HERBERT MARTIN, M. D.  A Florida physician whose abilities have 
gained him special recognition in the field of surgery, Doctor Martin served 
with the rank of major in the Medical Corps during the World war, and won
distinction while with the Expeditionary Forces in France.
	Doctor Martin, whose home is at Miami, was born in 1889, and acquired a
liberal general and professional education. He graduated M. D. from the Barnes
Medical College of St. Louis in 1910, was an intern in the Barnes Hospital, and
in 1911 began practice at Melbourne in Brevard County, Florida. Doctor Martin
remained in active practice at Melbourne until the spring of 1917.
	He was one of the early volunteers from Florida for the army medical 
service. He entered the Army Medical School in Washington, began duty in the 
Medical Corps with the rank of first lieutenant, subsequently was promoted to 
captain, and on February 25, 1919, received his promotion to the rank of major. 
He went overseas in the spring of 1918 as regimental surgeon of the Three 
Hundred Fourteenth Infantry, Seventy-ninth Division. Doctor Martin was assigned
to duty at several of the base hospitals in France.
	His distinctive service, and the source of the citation given him 
signed by Gen. JOHN J. PERSHING, is recorded in the words of the citation as 
follows:  “For distinguished and exceptional gallantry in evacuating the 
wounded under shell fire at Nantillois, September 29, 1918, in the operations 
of the American Expeditionary Forces.” This citation was awarded under date of
March 27, 1919. He continued on duty in Europe for some time after the
armistice, and after returning to America was assigned to surgical duty with
Base Hospital No. 6, at Fort McPherson, Georgia. Major Martin was discharge
there July 28, 1919.
	Soon after returning to Florida he located permanently at Miami, and
for 3 years has enjoyed a fine practice in that city. While at Melbourne he
began specializing in surgery, and with his added war experience he has devoted
more and more of his time to this work, including orthopedic surgery. Doctor
Martin is a member of the County, State and American Medical associations. He
has his office and residence at 553 West Flagler Street, Miami. Locally he is a
member of Melbourne Lodge No. 143, F. and A. M., of Melbourne, Florida.


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