The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to First Lieutenant (Infantry) Paul Krusa Roth, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 306th Infantry Regiment, 77th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near St. Thibault, Bazoches, France, 10 August 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.