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Awards Received

  • Soldier’s Medal

    Service:

    United States Army Air Forces

    Rank:

    Corporal [then Private First Class]

    Batallion:

    56th Air Engineering Squadron

    Regiment:

    8080th Maintenance and Supply Group (Provisional)

    Action Date:

    July 8, 1947

    Department of the Army, General Orders No. 10 (January 30, 1948)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 2, 1926, takes pleasure in presenting the Soldier’s Medal to Corporal [then Private First Class] Frank Fazzolare, Jr., United States Army Air Forces, for heroism at the risk of life not involving conflict with an armed enemy as a member of the 56th Air Engineering Squadron, 8080th Maintenance and Supply Group (Provisional), on 8 July 1947 at Tarague Beach, Guam. When a group of men attempted to save a drowning man and were carried into a dangerous channel, he went to the aid of one of the group and towed him to safety. He then aided in forming a lifeline which saved several more men. Corporal Fazzolare’s courage and heroic actions reflect great credit on himself and the armed services.