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 Flight Officer (then Aviation Cadet) Wilse E. Crain (ASN: T-64752)), United States Army Air Forces, for heroism at Harris Auxiliary Field, Fort Valley, Georgia, on 24 April 1944, when two airplanes crashed and caught fire after colliding in midair. Cadet Crain who was parked nearby in another airplane rushed to the scene of the accident and with the aid of Captain Luther B. Anderson succeeded in removing Aviation Cadet Wilfred J. Kauffman from the flaming wreckage of the aircraft.