The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, 20 July 1942, takes pleasure in presenting the Soldier’s Medal to Specialist Fifth Class Angel R. Ramos-Ocasio, United States Army, for heroism at the risk of life not involving conflict with an armed enemy as a member of a detachment of the 317th United States Army Security Agency Battalion, on temporary duty at Homestead Air Force Base, Florida, in Miami, Florida, on 25 May 1958. Specialist Ramoa-Ocasio was a passenger in an automobile waiting to make a left turn at an intersection when another vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed smashed into the rear of the halted car. The force of the impact ruptured the fuel tank of the waiting automobile, causing it to explode and burst into flames. Specialist Ramos-Ocasio immediately emerged from the right front door and attempted to assist two women and a child from the back seat through the rear doors. Finding all except the right front door jammed by the collision, he reentered the flaming vehicle and carried the child to a place of safety. Without concern for his own personal safety, he returned in an attempt to evacuate another victim from the burning automobile and remained until the searing heat of the blazing vehicle forced him to abandon his efforts. The heroic and unselfish actions displayed by Specialist Ramos-Ocasio reflect the utmost credit upon himself and the military service.