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SALISBURY HISTORYDR. LOUIS SUMNER KAPLANLouis Sumner Kaplan was born November 27, 1908 inBoston, Massachusetts, the fourth of ten children. Heworked his way through college and medical school by laboringon the fish piers of Boston. He graduated with honors in1935.He moved to Salisbury in 1938, and in 1941 marriedRuth Sterns of Brookline, Massachusetts.During WWII Dr. Kaplan joined the Army. He served forfour years as Captain in the Army Medical Corp with theAmphibian Engineers in the South Pacific under the commandof General Douglas MacArthur. He earned four battlestars for service in: Luzon (on D-Day), Moratai Island, NewGuinea, and Bougainville. He also received the BronzeIndian Head, the Phillaphine Liberation Star, the VictoryRibbon and the American Theater Ribbon.In 1946 he returned to Salisbury with his wife and twosons, Arnold and Richard. It was at this time that he beganthe life of a country doctor. He served the town of Salisburyfor twenty-seven years from his Beach Road home and office.In 1955 he was appointed to the Board of Health andheld that office until his death on May 14, 1966.138