Private First Class Robert F. Warner, United States Army, was awarded the 'Soldier's Medal' for heroism at the risk of life not involving conflict with an armed enemy while serving with the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division, during World War II on action date Jan 1st, 1945. US Army 507th PIR was at "The Battle of the Bulge" which took place in northern France and near Bastogne, Belgium over the course of December 16, 1944 to January 18, 1945. The Army Soldier's Medal is awarded for heroism by those serving with the Army in any capacity that involves the voluntary risk of life under conditions other than those of conflict with an opposing armed force. How rare is the soldiers medal? Over 18,500 Soldiers have received the decoration since its inception. “There are only 241 Soldiers in the Regular Army who've been awarded the Soldier's Medal — about one-twentieth of 1 percent of all Soldiers on active duty,” said Shaw. Jul 19, 2023.
Apparently on Jan 1st, 1945 while during a lull at the Battle of the Bulge, a soldier got too close to an open fire pit wearing the US Army full length winter coat and it caught on fire. The coat apparently had some gasoline fuel spilled on it from loading a truck and the coat exploded into a ball of flames. PFC Robert Warner knocked the soldier engulfed in flames to the ground and 'rolled him out in the snow', both men suffered burns but both survived. The Soldier's Medal is the highest peacetime award for an act of heroism in a noncombat situation that the secretary of the Army can bestow upon a Soldier and is seventh highest in order of precedence. The distinguishing criterion for awarding the Soldier's Medal, per Army Regulation 600-8-22, para 3-14, is "The performance must have involved personal hazard or danger and the voluntary risk of life under conditions not involving conflict with an armed enemy. See link to citation https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/98569
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ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY INVASION NORMANDY JUNE 6th 1944 TURNS TIDE OF WWII
BINGHAMTON PARATROOPER ROBERT WARNER AND HIS BROTHERS WERE THERE. Paratrooper
Robert F. Warner of the 82nd Airborne Division, 507th Parachute
Infantry Regiment (PIR) made 2 combat parachute drops, Normandy
"Operation Neptune", Battle of the Bulge in the Ardenes Forest and the
final combat jump, Rhineland "Operation Varsity" at the Wars end on
March 24th, 1945 when he was wounded in combat.
WWII D-Day Normandy June 6 1944:
Paratrooper Robert Warner 82nd Airborne Division, All American (AA), and then with the
17th Airborne Division, 3rd Battalion, Company G, 507th Parachute
Infantry Regiment (PIR) was there on June 6, 1944 in Sainte Mere Eglise
and battle for the bridge at La Fiere France. PFC Robert F. Warner also fought with the 507th PIR at the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium and he made the last combat jump at Operation Varsity (24 March 1945) a successful airborne forces operation launched by Allied troops
that took place toward the end of World War II. Involving more than
16,000 paratroopers and several thousand aircraft, it was the largest
airborne operation in history to be conducted on a single day and in one
location. The U.S. 17th Airborne Division was to capture the village of
Diersfordt and clear the rest of the Diersfordter Wald of any remaining
German forces. PFC Robert F. Warner was wounded in combat during the jump at Operation Varsity and was awarded a 'Purple Heart'.
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