Paul R. Schulze

The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Paul R. Schulze (0-947563), First Lieutenant (Field Artillery), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy of the United Nations while serving with Battery C, 96th Field Artillery Battalion, X Corps. First Lieutenant Schulze distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism in action against enemy aggressor forces in the vicinity of Yong-hung, Korea, on 7 November 1950. On that date, at approximately 0330 hours the Battalion Command Post was viciously attacked by a hostile force which penetrated the artillery perimeter and gained firing vantage and observation. Lieutenant Schultze and six other men were posted to prevent an enemy flanking movement. Shielded by cover of darkness, the determined foe pressed nearer and Lieutenant Schultze, realizing the tactical advantage of illuminating their area of approach, dashed through a hail of fire to a weapons carrier and turned on its headlights to illuminate the enemy. The alert enemy immediately concentrated intense fire on the truck and Lieutenant Schultze, miraculously escaping death, returned to his position and continued to ward off the assailants with rifle and grenade fire. When a burst from a hostile mortar ignited a nearby vehicle, Lieutenant Schultz exposed himself to withering barrages of fire as he extinguished the blaze before it could spread to the ammunition trucks. During this daring action enemy fire increased in intensity, and, upon reaching his post, Lieutenant Schultze discovered that his comrades had withdrawn. Despite bursting shells and exploding ammunition vehicles, he continued to defy the enemy and kept his lone vigil until mortally wounded by enemy mortar fire.