Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Soldier’s Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Technical Sergeant

    Batallion:

    3d Battalion

    Regiment:

    442d Regimental Combat Team

    Action Date:

    August 2, 1944

    Headquarters, V Corps, General Orders No. 20 (May 13, 1945)

    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 Technical Sergeant Goro Tsuchida (ASN: 36316292), United States Army, for heroism not involving actual conflict while serving with Company M, 3d Battalion, 442d Regimental Combat Team, on 2 August 1944, in Italy. When Technical Sergeant Tsuchida heard an explosion at the close of a mine demonstration, he ran to the spot and helped a comrade drag a victim from a blazing truck and administered first aid. Upon hearing a call for help, he ran 100 yards to another victim and applied a tourniquet on the wounded man’s arm. When the medical aid men arrived, he quickly formed a guard around the area to keep others away from the danger of other explosions. Technical Sergeant Tsuchida’s courage and resourcefulness are exemplary and a credit to the Armed Forces of the United States.