Sammie L Warren

SAMMIE L. WARREN, First Lieutenant, Infantry 273rd Infantry Regiment, 69th Infantry Division, United States Army. Distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations in Germany on 18 April 1945. Although making a perfect target for the enemy, Lieutenant Warren fearlessly manned the machine gun on the tank on which he was riding and killed a small number of enemy. When the company commander was seriously wounded, Lieutenant Warren assumed command and begin forming defensive positions. In spite of sniper fire directed at him, Lieutenant Warren moved among the men seeing that the wounded were cared for, revamped the numerical set-up of the platoons and in view of a possible enemy panzerfaust ambush, cleared a building for use as a Command Post. The extraordinary heroism and courageous action of Lieutenant Warren reflect great credit upon himself and are in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service.

Mr. Warren is a life member and resides in Arkansas.

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