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 Private David G. Benson, United States Army, for heroism at the risk of life not involving conflict with an armed enemy as a member of Company B, 519th Military Police Battalion, at Chunchon, Korea, on 8 November 1954. While on duty as a military policemen at Traffic Control Point Number 1, Private Benson heard an explosion in the defile north of Binyon Bridge. He then observed that a Korean bus had plunged off the side of the road into a 30-foot wash and was burning fiercely. Leaving his station in charge of a Korean military policeman, he rushed to the scene of the accident and, disregarding the danger to his own life, entered the flaming vehicle to assist in the rescue of passengers trapped in the bus. Despite intense heat and the fact that many people were jammed under seats, he managed to extricate nine injured and burning people from the blazing wreckage. Private Benson’s prompt and courageous action prevented serious injury and possible death to victims of the accident and reflects great credit on himself and the military service.