Paul Krusa Roth

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Paul Krusa Roth, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Thibaut, Bazoches, France, August 10, 1918. Constantly exposed to a terrific concentration of enemy machine-gun and shell fire, without regard to his own safety, Lieutenant Roth voluntarily and unassisted rescued five badly wounded men of his regiment, carrying each man upon his back for a distance of 150 yards, at all times under observation of the enemy occupying the town of Bazoches. His heroic conduct served as an impressive example to every man of his regiment.