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 Sergeant Eugene G. Harrison (ASN: 84805488), United States Army Air Forces, for heroism not involving conflict with an enemy while serving with Squadron T-1, 805th Army Air Forces Base Unit. Sergeant Harrison was studying the work of Crew Chief aboard an aircraft which crashed and burned on 14 February 1945, near Oblong, Illinois. Despite a broken arm and a scalp laceration which poured blood into one eye, partially blinding him, he dragged a crewman of much greater weight from the wreckage while flames hemmed him in on three sides and licked at the legs of the unconscious airman. Immediately after he reached safety, the airplane’s remaining gasoline tank exploded, enveloping the airplane in fire. The heroic efforts of Sergeant Harrison, while painfully injured and at the risk of his life, removed his comrade from certain death in the ill-fated aircraft. The heroism displayed by Sergeant Harrison on this occasion reflects great credit upon himself and the military service.