Bernard A. Pogensky

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal to Bernard A. Pogensky (12160138), Private First Class, U.S. Army, for gallantry in action while serving as a Medical Aidman with the 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division, on 24 March 1945, in Germany. On that date, intense enemy fire seriously wounded a man as he was advancing in an attack. Noticing the man fully exposed to enemy view, Private Pogensky moved through the extreme fire for one hundred and fifty yards to the casualty and carried him unassisted to a position where he could be evacuated. Private Pogensky’s heroism aided in saving the life of his comrade.