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 Staff Sergeant George H. Schultz (ASN: 20808836), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving with Company K, 3d Battalion, 143d Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division, in action against enemy forces in the vicinity of Vesoul, France, on 12 September 1944. When an enemy force launched an attack against rear elements of his company’s position, inflicting numerous casualties, Staff Sergeant Schultz, realizing that the battalion must be informed of the presence of enemy troops, left his foxhole and dashed across an open field toward a telephone. As he ran, the enemy directed machine gun fire upon him from concealed positions thirty-five yards away. As he approached a log fence, he was his in the hip by the machine gun fire and knocked down. Despite his serious wounds, he again started forward and crawled under the fence. As he reached the phone, he was hit a second time, in the chest. Staff Sergeant Schultz called his platoon leader on the phone and notified him of the situation. As he was talking, he was hit a third time, in the arm, by point-blank machine gun fire. He took the phone in his other hand, finished his message, and fell unconscious to the ground. Shortly thereafter, a platoon of six tanks and five tank destroyers arrived and directed point blank machine gun and tank fire into the enemy positions. As a result of Sergeant Schultz’s magnificent courage and devotion to duty, the lives of the remaining members of his platoon were saved, and the enemy was prevented from overrunning his battalion’s position. Staff Sergeant Schultz’s extraordinary heroism, personal bravery and zealous devotion to duty exemplify the highest traditions of the military forces of the United States and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Army.