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 (then Technician Fifth Grade] Albert F. Wilson, United States Army, for heroism as a member of the Medical Detachment, 147th Quartermaster Battalion (DUKW), in southern France on 5 September 1944. Sighting a 6 by 6 amphibian truck speeding and being driven in a reckless manner, racing through narrow roads and villages, and forcing pedestrians and cars to flee, he voluntarily climbed to the front bumper of the jeep in which he was riding, leaped onto the bouncing truck, and successfully brought it to a halt hardly 20 feet from a group of small children who were in grave danger of being run over. The heroic conduct of Sergeant Wilson reflects great credit on himself and the Army of the United States.