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 Corporal Walter H. Schmidt (ASN: 6641617), United States Army, for heroism, not involving actual conflict with an enemy, displayed while serving with Battery D, 13th Field Artillery, 4 July 1932, in the Waianae Range near Kole Kole Pass, Island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii. While mountain climbing, Private Morton Kuhn, No. 6843021, Battery B, 11th Field Artillery, slipped and fell down a cliff, injuring his leg and landing on a small ledge from which it was impossible for him to save himself. Contending with treacherous footing due to a heavy downpour of rain and the crumbling condition of the rock, Corporal Schmidt led a rescuing party to a point where they were stopped by a sharp intervening projection. Without regard for his own danger and at the risk of falling approximately 500 feet, Corporal Schmidt managed to scale the almost vertical face of the projection, and balancing himself on its razor-like crest, was able to pass a rope to Private Kuhn, who was then raised to Corporal Schmidt’s position by the other members of the party. With great skill and daring. Corporal Schmidt then assisted Private Kuhn to descend the precipitous cliff to the rest of the party, whence he was removed to the station hospital.