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 First Lieutenant Sherwin D. Edelman, United States Air Force, for heroism involving voluntary risk of life not involving conflict with an armed enemy, on 21 May 1951 while serving as Armament Officer of the 98th Bombardment Wing (M), (ADVON). At 1735 hours, he and the Noncommissioned Officer-in-Charge of the Armament Section were called to a parked B-29 aircraft. The aircraft was loaded with forty 500 pound bombs fuzzed with highly sensitive variable time delay fuzzes. During the fuzzing operation, an aircrew member had inadvertently broken a fuze, spinning the generator propeller. Realizing the imminent danger Lieutenant Edelman and his assistant immediately cleared the area of all other personnel. Fully aware of the possibility of immediate death, they voluntarily risked their lives by promptly entering the bomb bay where they defuzed the defective bomb. The exceptional courage and devotion to duty displayed by Lieutenant Edelman were in keeping with the highest traditions of the service and reflected great credit upon himself, the Far East Air Forces, and the United States Air Force.