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 First Sergeant Lyle E. White (ASN: R-194302), United States Army, for heroism, not involving actual conflict with an enemy, displayed while serving with the 34th Infantry Regiment, by endangering his life in rescuing a woman from drowning in the James River at Martin’s Beach, near Fort Eustis, Virginia, 9 August 1928, Sergeant White, while on the shore, noticed that a woman was caught in the swift current of the stream and was being carried out to midstream. Upon hearing her cries for help, Sergeant White quickly swam to her assistance and with much difficulty succeeded in bringing her safely to shore.