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Show a “-. boi » <i HONOR during colors the NURSE—Capt. the Margaret review Pate (center) salutes honor, her in parade and at nurse was presented with the Com- which time the Okinawa mendation Ribbon for her courageous rescue of two children amidst the height of Typhoon Gioria, which raught destruction With and havoc when it raged across Okinawa last July. Col. Linn, A. Walter Col. Captain Pate are (left to right) Lt. Sheetz, R. J. Gen. Maj. and Robert Sing, Capt. Joseph J. Koper, (U.S. Army Photo) commander, Ryukyus Command. HO. Pate, garet A. 54ist General attached Dispensary, mendation Ribbon for was Com- the awarded recently rious Marto the RYCOM—Capt. merito- achievement during Typhoon Gloria. R. . Sheetz, J. .Gén. “Maj. Commanding General of the Ryukyus Command, presented “The Secretary of the Army has awarded the Commendation Ribbon to Capt. Margaret A. Pate, AUS, achievement.” for meritorious Captain . Pate, 35d Medical Battalion, Army Nurse Corps, distinguished while {herself in the rescue participating} and hospitaliza- a tion of two children” from July ‘the by: wrecked at quonset Pate n Captai the award to Hospital, 23, typhoon. © With complete General 34th the safety, her for where a detachment of troops disregard steep a climbed Pate from the hospital participated Captain the of height the during 29th hill The in the ceremony. Infantry Band furnished music for the occasion. Immediately after the ceremony, Pates’ General The a reception in Captain honor was held at 34th Hospital officers ‘commendation rough, hilly, over typhoon open terrain with debris being blown about in winds reach-| ing’a velocity of 175 miles per hour. She rendered first aid Julie Brown, and club. to Stephen ages two and six respectively, the in caught were who wrekage of their quonset home on its collapse. She then, with mother, of their help the removed them to the hospital. “Her courage, fortitude, and read: |devotion to duty reflect great credit on herself and the Army of the United the citation. Captain Pate commission on States,” Quoted received Dec, 18, and reported for duty Bragg, S.C. She served |ETO from 1944 to 1946. her 1942, at Ft. in the |