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 Private Nathaniel E. Stokes, United States Army, for heroism involving voluntary risk of life not involving conflict with an armed enemy, in Italy, in February 1944. Upon seeing a tent burning in the area of a neighboring unit, Private Stokes and another soldier ran to the scene and attempted to remove ammunition stored there. Finding this impossible, they fought the blaze with fire extinguishers and dirt until ordered away from the growing heat and increasing danger from exploding ammunition. His courage and determination to do all possible toward saving the ammunition is in keeping with the highest traditions of military service.