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 Technical Sergeant Vincent J. Marino, United States Army Air Forces, for heroism at the risk of life not involving conflict with an armed enemy in rescuing a mother and two children from a burning building, on 4 October 1945, at Port Washington, New York. While on furlough, Sergeant Marino observed a fire in a home. He and another man entered the flaming house and discovered the mother in flaming clothing. He extinguished the burning clothes and aided the mother and one child to reach safety. Then learning that another child was in the building, Sergeant Marino re-entered the house and, led by her cries, found the child on fire in the hall on the second floor. After extinguishing the flames enveloping the child, Sergeant Marino found his escape cut off. Fighting the mounting flames and dense smoke, he made his way to a window, where he dropped the child to a man waiting below. He then jumped out of the window and, upon landing, suffered lacerations of the face. Disregarding his injury, Sergeant Marino aided the physician in treating three severely burned persons. His heroic actions in the face of grave personal danger were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Armed Forces.