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 Sergeant Don G. Jeffers, United States Army Air Forces, [then Private, United States Army], for heroism at the risk of life not involving conflict with an armed enemy during the burning of a gasoline truck near Rocky Face, Georgia, on 22 May 1941. When the service troop of the 6th Cavalry came to a halt on a hill on the highway while participating in a Regimental field exercise, a truck containing about 600 gallons of gasoline in metal containers, driven by Sergeant Jeffers, suddenly burst into flames, apparently caused by a friction spark from the metal cans in the body of the truck. Sergeant Jeffers, and others, immediately seized fire extinguishers and attempted to put the fire out, however, upon the flames gaining headway and destroying the brake linings of the truck, allowing it to start rolling down the hill, Sergeant Jeffers, with complete disregard for his own safety, leaped into the flaming truck and succeeded in bringing it to a halt, preventing it from rolling into a filling station located at the foot of the hill, and with the possible attendant injury, or loss of life of bystanders. The heroism displayed by Sergeant Jeffers on this occasion reflects great credit upon himself and the military service.