(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant (Nurse Corps) Edith Ellen Greenwood, United States Army, was awarded the Soldier’s Medal for heroism not involving actual conflict with an enemy of the United States. At 0630 on 17 April 1943, a stove exploded in the 37th Station Hospital’s diet kitchen, setting fire to the nearby ward where Lieutenant Greenwood was responsible for overseeing the care of 15 patients. Lieutenant Greenwood sounded the alarm and attempted to extinguish the blaze, but the fire quickly spread, with reports indicating that the ward burned down within five minutes. Lieutenant Greenwood safely evacuated all of her patients with the assistance of a young ward attendant, Private James F. Ford.