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 William Tsutomu Yanagimachi (ASN: 39916450), United States Army, for heroism not involving actual conflict with the enemy while serving with Cannon Company, 442d Regimental Combat Team, 92d Infantry Division, on 8 April 1945, in Italy. A prime mover overturned into a bomb crater during a blackout move. Of the ten men riding on the vehicle, one was killed and several pinned under the truck. Private First Class Yanagimachi managed to quickly free himself from under the vehicle and began to attempt to release two other men. Though suffering from shock and injuries which later hospitalized him for a week, he worked by the light of flashlights, chopping away sideboards and pulling rounds of ammunition away from the bodies of his comrades. Digging under the truck with his hands, he passed ammunition and equipment out to the other men, regardless of the danger of being crushed if the truck should settle as he removed the ammunition which held it up. He finally succeeded in removing both men, now unconscious from suffocation, from under the truck. Such an example of selfless determination reflects high honor on the Armed Forces.