The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Captain (Medical Corps) Theodore P. Robie (ASN: 0-475661), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with the 35th Infantry Division, in action in the **** River Sector near ****, France, 12 September 1944. When the 2d and 3d Battalions, *** Infantry Regiment, had established a bridgehead on the east bank of the **** River, numerous casualties lay exposed to the continuous intense fire of a determined enemy advantageously situated on ground above the east bonk. Captain Robie, Medical Officer attacked to the 2d Battalion, on duty at the Battalion Aid Station on the west bank of the rifer, proceeded across the river with a four-man litter squad in order to evacuate the wounded. He made many trips across to the east bank while the river was raked by enemy fire, wading in deep water and holding the stretcher above his head in order to keep dry the stretcher-borne wounded. Captain Robie was killed in a later action. His gallantry in action, his personal courage and disregard for safety in his zealous devotion to duty, reflect credit upon his character as an officer and upon the Medical Corps of the Army.