Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Major

Unit:

125th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division "Red Arrow", U.S. Army (125th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division "Red Arrow", U.S. Army)

Awarded on:

1943

Citation:
"For extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving as Chief Surgeon, 125th Infantry Regiment, 32d Infantry Division, in action against enemy forces on 26 November 1942, at Soputa, New Guinea. When a mortar landed among the Australians with whom he was serving, Major Warmenhoven ran forward, dashing past enemy lines. Five men were dead; another eight were alive, but the shrapnel had seriously wounded them. Major Warmenhoven jumped from one man to the next as mortars exploded around him. He gave each soldier a half-grain of morphine, cut away their clothes and dusted their wounds with sulfanilamide powder. Then he dressed the wounds as best he could and waited with the moaning soldiers for litter bearers to arrive. The outstanding heroism and devotion to duty displayed by Major Warmenhoven on this occasion reflect highest credit upon himself and the Armed Forces of the United States."

Headquarters, U.S. Army Forces in the Far East, General Orders No. 34 (1943).
Awarded posthumously.