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 Robert E. Rickett, United States Army, for heroism at the risk of life not involving conflict with an armed enemy as safety NCO Milk Creek Grenade Range, U.S. Army Training Center, Armor, Fort Knox, Kentucky, on 3 January 1966. In his capacity as Safety NCO of a hand grenade range, Sergeant Rickett entered a bunker occupied by a soldier who was then undergoing practical live grenade training. Upon receiving the command to throw his grenade, the soldier brought the grenade to the front of his chest, froze in this position, and presented an imminent danger to himself and Sergeant Rickett. Disregarding a position of relative safety, Sergeant Rickett unhesitatingly removed the grenade from the trainee’s hand, threw it outside the protective wall and pulled the soldier down inside the bunker, whereupon the grenade exploded. Sergeant Rickett’s prompt and courageous action prevented certain death to the soldier and serious injury to himself and is in keeping with the finest traditions of the military, reflecting the utmost credit upon himself and the United States Army.