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 Staff Sergeant Nobuyoshi Furukawa (ASN: 30100165), United States Army, for heroism not involving actual conflict with an enemy of the United States while serving with Company C, 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate), in rescuing Corporal Toru Orikasa from drowning on 12 March 1943, while on a military problem on Black Creek near Janice.