Robert G. Mangers

The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Corporal Robert G. Mangers (ASN: 39258778), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, in action on 21 – 22 December 1944, in Belgium. Corporal Mangers, Patrol Leader, led a patrol whose mission was to contact the enemy during the height of the counter-offensive in the **** Area. The vehicle that the patrol was using bogged down and the group was forced to abandon it. An enemy armored force took over the area in which the patrol was located. Corporal Mangers ordered his patrol to return to our lines. He elected to remain there alone, with an SCR 300, to observe the enemy. For a period of forty-eight hours, disdaining all opportunities to return, he remained in the midst of the enemy, reporting all movements and directing artillery fire upon enemy concentrations in the area. Corporal Manger’s exemplary bravery and utter disregard for himself in his desire to supply information of extreme value in the halting of the German threat was in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Army.