(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: 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 Captain (Air Corps) Gerald J. Anderson (ASN: 0-1550736), United States Army Air Forces, for heroism not involving actual conflict with an enemy of the United States while serving with the FIFTEENTH Air Force, in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, during World War II.