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 Jesus T. Rosario, United States Army, for heroism at the risk of life not involving conflict with an armed enemy as a member of Battery C, 466th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion, March Air Force Base, California, on 16 September 1954. On or about 1600 hours on 16 September 1954, Sergeant Rosario, a passenger on a 5-ton truck towing a 75-mm. gun was returning from Camp Irwin, California, en route to March Air Force Base. As the truck started down Cajob Pass the brakes failed. Due to inertia and the slope of the pass the truck picked up an excessive amount of speed causing the transmission of the truck to explode. Sergeant Rosario, who at the time was riding in the bed of the truck along with five other omen, made his way down the tow bar of the gun and across the gun itself and applied the mechanical brakes on the rear bogie of the gun. The truck was traveling in excess of 70 miles per hour for approximately four miles according to a California Sate Highway Patrolman, who was attempting to clear the road for the runaway vehicle. There were turns in the road a short distance from the place the truck stopped that would have been impossible for the truck and gun to negotiate at its speed. Sergeant Rosario’s action and complete disregard for his personal safety saved several lives, both military and civilian, in addition to several hundred thousand dollars of Government property reflecting credit on himself and the military service.