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Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Master Sergeant

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Philippine Islands & Japan)

    Action Date:

    May 6, 1942 – August 1945

    Master Sergeant Salvador F. Sanchez (ASN: 6283651), United States Army, was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Corregidor, Philippine Islands, on 6 May 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until returned to U.S. Military control at the end of hostilities in August 1945.

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Warrant Officer (Junior Grade), [then Master Sergeant]

    Regiment:

    60th Coast Artillery Regiment (AA)

    Action Date:

    January 2, 1942

    Department of the Army, General Orders No. 54 (May 29, 1952)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Warrant Officer (Junior Grade), [then Master Sergeant] Salvador F. Sanchez (ASN: 6283651), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Battery L, 60th Cost Artillery (Anti-Aircraft) Regiment, at Fort Mills, Corregidor, Philippine Islands, on 2 January 1942. The roof of the command post bomb shelter caved in as a result of bombing from a hostile aerial attack, entombing an officer and several enlisted men. Efforts of a rescue party were halted by explosions form a burning ammunition dump nearby and the party was forced to take shelter in a communication trench. Despite continuous danger from the shifting ruins of the shelter, prolonged bombing by the Japanese, and explosions in the dump, Warrant Officer Sanchez left his place of comparative safety and voluntarily joined three others in an effort to extinguish the fire and rescue the stricken men. The group succeeded in putting out the fire and rescuing the living personnel from under the debris. The heroic action by Warrant Officer Sanchez under conditions of grave danger reflect marked credit on himself and the United States Army.