Robert A. Byrne served in the US Army Medical Corps from 1938 to 1962. He retired as a LTC. He continued to work for the Army Surgeon General as a civilian until 1989. Col. Byrne was a medic who treated survivors of both Ohrdruf and Buchenwald Concentration Camps. In Korea he was with I Corps and supervised staff at the MASH units. He was very quiet about his time in World War II as it effected him greatly seeing the concentration camp survivors he treated. He was proud of his service and earned two bronze stars during his time in uniform.