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 Arden M. Farley, United States Army Air Corps, for heroism, not involving actual conflict with an enemy, displayed while serving with 94th Pursuit Squadron, in extricating Second Lieutenant. William H. Dum, Air Corps Reserve, from an overturned and burning airplane, on 6 December 1932 near Pontiac, Michigan. In a forced landing due to motor failure, in which the airplane overturned and burst into flames, Lieutenant Dum, the pilot, was pinned underneath the cockpit and was in danger of being burned to death. Without thought of danger to himself, Private Farley, a passenger who had escaped from the wrecked airplane, crept beneath the burning wreckage, unfastened the leg and chest straps of Lieutenant Dum’s parachute harness, and pulled him clear of the wreckage, thereby saving his life.