(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Private James F. Ford, 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 Private Ford served as Ward Attendant in the care of 15 patients. After Lieutenant Edith Greenwood, Army Nurse Corps, sounded the alarm he attempted to extinguish the blaze, but the fire quickly spread, with reports indicating that the ward burned down within five minutes. Private Ford and Lieutenant Greenwood safely evacuated all of the patients.