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 First Class Edwin J. Berg, United States Army, for heroism at the risk of life not involving conflict with an armed enemy as a member of Battery B, 436th Anti-aircraft Artillery Missile Battalion (NIKE-AJAX) (C) near Travis Air Force Base, California, on 3 June 1958. While proceeding to his battery area, Sergeant Berg, with another soldier, observed a United States Air Force C-124 aircraft crash near the road, break up, and burst into flames. Running immediately to the scene of the crash, Sergeant Berg and his companion removed to a safe place an injured airman who had emerged from the tail section and collapsed in burning gasoline on the ground. Working quickly Sergeant Berg returned to the burning wreckage and located another unconscious airman, removed him from the danger area with the assistance of a serviceman who joined the rescue operation. Sergeant Berg’s heroic action and unselfish disregard for his own personal safety save the lives of two airman, reflecting great credit upon himself and the military service.