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 John C. Haws, United States Army, for heroism at the risk of life not involving conflict with an armed enemy as a member of EIGHTH United States Army Sentry Dog Detachment, on 10 July 1959 at Kunsan, Korea. Private Haws was patrolling the POL pipeline on Kunsan Air Base during the hours of darkness when a severe explosion occurred at the pumping station in the vicinity of his patrol. Private Haws hastened to the scene of the blast to find the area engulfed in a rapidly spreading fire fed by high octane gasoline from a ruptured main. Hearing cries for help from the adjacent marsh area, Private Haws, voluntarily, and with complete disregard for his own safety and the danger of intense heat, explosion, and spreading fire, waded into the gasoline covered March water and, with the help of a comrade, located and carried a seriously injured airman to safety. He then, with a comrade, commandeered an Air Force vehicle to assist in the evacuation of injured man to the Base hospital. Private Haws’ unselfishness, initiative, and prompt courageous action saved the air man from possible death by drowning or fire from the spreading gasoline-fed flames, reflecting great credit on himself and the military service.