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 Private Edward C. Reamer (ASN: 6521123), United States Army Air Corps, for heroism, not involving actual conflict with an enemy, displayed while serving with 42d School Squadron, displayed at Biggs Field, Texas, 20 March 1931. When a fire broke out with explosive force in the frame office inside a hanger, two enlisted men were trapped inside the blazing structure. Private Reamer, upon hearing the explosion, obtained a fire extinguisher and with utter disregard of his own personal safety assisted in extinguishing the flames from their clothing. Then, noticing that the fire was beyond control and that several vehicles were stored in the back of the hangar, he promptly removed all of the motor equipment, including two gas trucks filled with airplane gas and a truck containing tanks of oxygen and acetylene, to a place of safety. This heroic action on the part of Private Reamer aided materially in preventing further loss of life and property.