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 Clifford L. Crilly (ASN: RA-19530082), United States Army, for heroism at the risk of life not involving conflict with an armed enemy while serving as the Field Medical Assistant of the United States Army Aviation Department (Antarctica Sport), while participating in Operation DEEP FREEZE 68 in Antarctica. On 10 November 1967 at Camp Number One, Marie Birdland, Antarctica, Specialist Crilly was performing general duties about the camp when he observed an individual running through the camp with his clothing afire and being pursued by another soldier. The person in flames was obviously in a state of shock and pain. Recognizing the imminent danger to the person afire and the camp in general, he took chase after both individuals and overtook them. With sacrificial and total disregard for his personal safety he threw himself upon the flaming individual’s body and after some trying moments managed to extinguish the flames, thereby possibly saving a life and preventing the spread of flames through the entire. Specialist Crilly, by his demonstrated personal courage, has reflected this think honor upon United States Army, United States Army Aviation Detachment (antiparticle Support) and himself.