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 Major Joseph P. Lisi, United States Army, for heroism at the risk of life not involving conflict with an armed enemy as a member of the United States Army Advisor Group, Michigan, on 11 November 1968 at Lansing, Michigan. On that date Sergeant Major Lisi was en route to the National Guard Armory when he found an automobile containing three elderly women stalled on the railroad tracks due to the traffic congestion and possible temporary loss of faculties. A train was rapidly approaching, but the women could not move the car forward or backward to clear the tracks due to traffic. Sergeant Major Lisi attempted verbally to urge the woman to abandon the car but this effort was ineffective because of excessive noise or due to extreme fear on their part. By the time the train was approximately one hundred yards from the crossing and showing no signs of stopping, Sergeant Major Lisi with complete disregard for his own life and safety, voluntarily sprang forward and assisted in extricating the women from the stalled automobile. Sergeant Major Lisi and the women had scarcely cleared the automobile when the train struck the vehicle, causing it to be demolished. Sergeant Major Lisi’s complete disregard for his own life and his heroic actions reflect great credit upon himself and are in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service.