The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Corporal [then Private First Class] Peter G. Kutsugeras (ASN: ER-15417545), United States Army, for gallantry in action as a member of Company M, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2d Infantry Division, who distinguished himself by gallantry in action on 12 February 1951 in the vicinity of Hoengsong, Korea. Company M was moving in a vehicular column flanked by rifle elements on foot when a group of enemy hiding in a culvert ambushed the column and halted its forward movement. Corporal Kutsugeras, with complete disregard for his safety, crawled over other soldiers who were held down by the intense enemy fire and ran through direct small arms fire to the mouth of the culvert, where he engaged the enemy inside, killing or wounding all but three of them. Seeing that these three were about to escape, he ran to the other end of the culvert and killed them as they were attempting to escape. The gallantry displayed by Corporal Kutsugeras reflects great credit upon himself and the military service.