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 Specialist Fifth Class Johnny S. Wilham (ASN: US-58440043), United States Army, for heroism at the risk of life not involving conflict with an armed enemy while serving as a Medical Aidman for the 2d Battalion, 37th Armor, 4th Armored Division, on 8 May 1967 during a field training exercise at Hohenfels, Germany. Two unidentified men from the 3d Infantry Division rushed into the 2d Battalion, 37th Armor mess hall and reported they had heard screams from the impact area of the M-79 Grenade Launcher Range. Specialist Wilham, a battalion Aidman, who was present in the mess hall, immediately went to the motor pool and procured an armed ambulance, and accompanied by two other Medical Aidmen, rushed to the scene of the accident. Using the armored ambulance to protect themselves as much as possible from further explosions, the three Aidmen maneuvered across the two hundred meters of dud infested impact area to aid the injured men. Completely disregarding his own safety Specialist Wilham dismounted the ambulance and proceeded on foot across the dud infested impact area to the first injured man. Specialist Wilham and the other Aidmen reached the wounded man and carried them across the dud strewn area to the ambulance. Then, unhesitatingly, Specialist Wilham crossed the area for a second time to the other injured man who was over fifty feet from the ambulance. When the second man had been loaded into the ambulance, the vehicle was carefully driven out of the impact area to a waiting helicopter. Although the range was not in use at the time the two men were injured, the danger of personal injury due to grenade explosions was very real. Specialist Wilham’s valiant conduct and swift action in this hazardous situation are in the highest tradition of the United States Army and reflect great credit upon himself and the military service. [This award supersedes the Army Commendation Medal to Specials Five Wilham per General order number 125, Headquarters, Fourth Armored Division, APO NY 09326, dated 1 April 1968.]