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 Corporal Frank Louis Czar (ASN: 33088618), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving with Company E, 2d Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division, in action against enemy forces at Kasba-Mehdia, French Morocco, on 8 November 1942. In company with Lieutenant Charles Dushane and two enlisted men, Corporal Czar entered the lighthouse on the Kasba after crossing enemy barb wire entanglements while under heavy enemy fire and captured twelve hostile troops who were holding up our advance. This enabled our troops to take the strategic position commanded by the lighthouse. Corporal Czar later demonstrated coolness and bravery above and beyond the call of duty when he assisted Lieutenant Dushane in manning an abandoned enemy anti-tank gun in full view of the enemy. Part of the breach of this gun had been removed and the lieutenant was able to fire it only by firing at the base of the anti-tank shell with his sub-machine gun, while Corporal Czar aimed the anti-tank gun. By his heroic action Corporal Czar assisted in delaying the enemy attack.