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 Staff Sergeant Armando Enriquez, United States Army, for heroism at the risk of life not involving conflict with an armed enemy at Anchorage International Airport on 27 November 1970. On that date Sergeant Enriquez, a passenger aboard a chartered aircraft which crashed and burned at the Anchorage International Airport, did, without regard for his own life or safety, remain aboard the aircraft to see that all the passengers in his seating section disembarked from the aircraft. His quick action to break open the tail exit door (when others had failed) was instrumental in saving many lives. He was the last to leave the tail section when he noticed a stewardess was still aboard. Sergeant Enriquez then re-entered the burning tail section of the aircraft and bodily threw the stewardess out of the aircraft prior to the plane’s explosion. By his courageous action and humanitarian regard for his fellow man, in the dedication of his service to his country, Staff Sergeant Armando Enriquez has reflected great credit upon himself the United States Army.