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 Forrest E. Crisman, United States Army, for heroism at the risk of life not involving conflict with an armed enemy on the night of 22 February 1957, in the vicinity of Seoul, Korea, when the C-124 aircraft on which he was a passenger developed engine trouble and crash-landed on a sandbar in the Han River, bursting into flames upon impact. Despite extreme physical and emotional stress, forbidding terrain conditions and darkness, Sergeant Crisman immediately organized the survivors for their safety and assumed command of passenger accounting operations. Upon learning that there was an Air Force Sergeant severely wounded in or near the plane, Sergeant Crisman immediately organized a rescue team to return to the site of the plane. Despite great personal danger, Sergeant Crisman waded through waist deep icy water back to the burning plane, aware that there were several fuel tanks of gasoline inside which had not yet exploded. In the face of these hazards, Sergeant Crisman and the men who went with him appeared to give no thought to their personal safety or their lives and re-entered the plane. The wounded man was located near the flaming inside engine, and was carried back through the rapidly rising icy water by the rescue detail. Upon his return, Sergeant Crisman continue to assist the wounded and give moral support to the others. Sergeant Crisman’s prompt, vital, and courageous action in the face of extreme danger reflects great credit on himself and the military service.