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 Lieutenant (Field Artillery) Arthur W. Reed (ASN: OF-102607), United States Army, for heroism not involving actual conflict with an armed enemy. First Lieutenant Reed distinguished himself by exceptionally valorous action on 6 August 1965, in the city of Nha Trang, Republic of Vietnam. At approximately 1515 hours, Lieutenant Reed, while having his boots repaired in a local Vietnamese repair shot was thrown to the floor of the shop by a violent explosion. Running from the store, Lieutenant Reed saw three or four buildings destroyed and in flames. Part of the fuselage of a B-57 bomber was lying in the street and wounded and badly burned Vietnamese civilians were staggering from adjacent buildings. Realizing that the crashed bomber was on a mission and had not dropped all of its ordnance, Lieutenant Reed with total disregard for his own safety, rushed to the aid of the injured and carried a badly burned woman from the debris. He then quickly searched the burning structures for other trapped and wounded people. Upon entering one of the buildings, Lieutenant Reed was again thrown to the floor by the explosion of another bomb. Again disregarding his personal safety, he continued his rescue work and evacuated two small children. Realizing that hundreds of people were in imminent danger, Lieutenant Reed quickly mobilized the U.S. personnel in the area to remove the Vietnamese from danger. After insuring that all others were safely out of the area, Lieutenant Reed was injured by an exploding bomb and evacuated to the hospital. Lieutenant Reed’s unselfishly humanitarian and heroic actions were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army.