The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Corporal Casimir Francis Kulage (ASN: 37176315), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving with an Infantry Company of the 172d Infantry Regiment, 43d Infantry Division, in action against enemy forces at New Georgia, Solomon Islands, on 16 July 1943. Advancing with his company up a jungle-covered hill in an attack on a Japanese stronghold, Corporal Kulage and his lead squad were pinned down by a burst of fire from a particularly well-concealed pillbox. The pillbox commanded a position from which its guns could wipe out the entire assault platoon unless it was warned of the imminent danger. Aware of the urgency of immediate action and of the personal risks involved in exposing himself further, Corporal Kulage shouted a warning to his platoon leader and unhesitatingly charged the pillbox before its guns could be trained on his comrades. He was fatally wounded while storming the Japanese fortifications alone. Corporal Kulage’s supreme courage and self-sacrifice not only saved his comrades from annihilation but revealed the position of the enemy emplacement to tank-supported troops who attacked in force and quickly demolished it. Corporal Kulage’s extraordinary heroism, personal bravery and zealous devotion to duty at the cost of his life, exemplify the highest traditions of the military forces of the United States and reflect great credit upon himself, the 43d Infantry Division, and the United States Army.