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 Specialist Sixth Class George D. Mosser, United States Army, for heroism at the risk of life not involving conflict with an armed enemy as a member of the 65th Transportation Company (Light Helicopter), on 4 June 1964, near Akiak, Alaska. As Crew Chief on board a CH-21C helicopter, Specialist Mosser displayed complete disregard for his own personal safety while participating in a mercy mission in a flooded area of Alaska. To rescue an elderly couple from their inundated home, he descended on a hoist into the ice-choked , flooding Kuskowim River, secured a harness around the aged man, and remained in the freezing water while the man was raised to safety aboard the helicopter. After Specialist Mosser was lifted to the hovering aircraft, he verbally guided the pilot to a position which would permit him to be lowered on the hoist to a rooftop to rescue the frail and elderly woman. When the hoist mechanism jammed midway between the water and the aircraft during this rescue operation, dangling him and the woman 30 feet above the water, he gripped the cable and the woman while the aircraft was repositioned and lowered to allow him to return to the roof. Then, when the door of the descending aircraft became level with the roof, he leaped across open water with the woman in his arms into the door of the helicopter. Specialist Mosser’s heroic action in this emergency and deep concern for his fellow man are in the highest traditions of the United States Army and reflect great credit upon himself and the military service.