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 First Lieutenant (Nurse Corps) Orah D. Stephenson (ASN: N-736042), United States Army, for heroism involving voluntary risk of life not involving conflict with an armed enemy, as Chief Nurse, Station Hospital, Morris Field, Charlotte, North Carolina, on 9 November 1943. Awakened by the smell of smoke from a fire in the nurses’ quarters, Lieutenant Stephenson took immediate measures to arouse the other occupants of the building. Hearing a scream from one of the rooms she fought her way through smoke and flames and dragged to safety an unconscious nurse, much heavier than herself, through the burning hall. During this rescue, Lieutenant Stephenson received burns on the face and hands and was partly overcome by smoke.