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 First Class George Chambers (ASN: 6708427), United States Army, for heroism, not involving actual conflict with an enemy, displayed while serving with Battery E, 7th Field Artillery, at Pine Camp, New York on 2 June, 1934. Instantly responding to a call for help from Private Hugh J. McAteer, Headquarters Battery and Combat Train 2d Battalion, 7th field Artillery, who in an exhausted and drowning condition was being rapidly carried toward a rocky gorge in the Black River, Private Chambers, with utter disregard for his own safety, entered the treacherous waters, seized his comrade, and kept him afloat until help arrived.