OCTOBER 26, 2017 INTERVIEW WITH MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT ROBERT SIMANEK Plan for your class to tun in for a live interview with Robert Simanek. In August of 1952, while accompanying a patrol en route to occupy a combat outpost forward of friendly lines, Pfc. Simanek exhibited a high degree of courage and a resolute spirit of self-sacrifice in protecting the lives of his fellow Marines.