The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Soldier’s Medal to Private First Class Anthony J. Deeb (ASN: 6711437), United States Army, for heroism not involving actual conflict with an enemy of the United States while serving with the *** Engineer Combat Battalion, XII Corps, in action on 30 March 1945, in Germany. Private First Class Deeb displayed outstanding courage and devotion to duty by unhesitatingly mounting a blazing kitchen truck and extinguished, at great personal risk, a gasoline fire which threatened to destroy the truck, all the company kitchen implements, other military equipment nearby, and was endangering the lives of several soldiers working in the immediate vicinity. The bravery, quick action, and devotion to duty displayed by Private First Class Deeb reflect great credit upon himself and uphold the highest traditions of the Military Service of the United States.