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 Private Roy C. Bruner (ASN: 6549493), United States Army, for heroism, not involving actual conflict with an enemy, displayed while attached to the Quartermaster Corps, 14 January, 1934, off the north shore of the island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, when the Quartermaster Corps boat LEALIA, containing a fishing party, had been wrecked on the high seas and all the passengers were washed overboard. After available means of rescue had been exhausted, Private Bruner, disregarding the elements, the hazardous coral reefs, and the shark-infested waters, voluntarily swam ashore and succeeded in obtaining aid for his six companions who were adrift and in peril.