Brave: Medical Assistant Kate Nesbitt receives the Military Cross from the Prince of Wales during investitures at Buckingham Palace in London today
Posted on 11/27/2009 2:18:12 PM PST by naturalman1975
The first woman in the Royal Navy to be awarded the Military Cross collected her bravery medal today from Buckingham Palace today.
Medical Assistant Kate Nesbitt was honoured for her heroism by the Prince of Wales.
The 21-year-old from Plymouth, Devon, braved Taliban fire to tend to a comrade shot in the neck during a gun battle in Afghanistan in March.
Brave: Medical Assistant Kate Nesbitt receives the Military Cross from the Prince of Wales during investitures at Buckingham Palace in London today
She dressed the wound on L/Cpl John List's neck and kept him from losing blood while bullets and rockets flew overhead in Marjah district in Helmand.
L/Cpl List later said that the actions of MA Nesbitt has saved his life.
Her citation said: 'Under fire and under pressure her commitment and courage were inspirational and made the difference between life and death.
'She performed in the highest traditions of her service.'
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God bless her. She is a hero in the strife.
Good to see Britain honoring those who serve.
In my dream date fantasy I'd take her over any of those drugged-out, phony skanks from Hollywood, TV, or pop music.
When you consider both what's inside and what's outside, this woman makes the whole Ms America/ Ms Universe/ Ms whatever just seem like dog-meat. She is awesome.
Lance Corporal Katrina Hodge was first runner up in the Miss England pageant this year and took the title when the winner stepped down after a fight in a night club.
Lance Corporal Hodge was commended for her bravery in Iraq in 2005 when she was aged 18.
No wonder she kept under the enemy fire. She’s a shorty.
Got to hand it to the English - they are doing something right!
Well, we've still got Brittney Spears and Lady GaGa. Sigh.
Got to hand it to the English - they are doing something right!
Well, we've still got Brittney Spears and Lady GaGa. Sigh.
In the long tradition of Bodica. God bless her.
I say! Jolly good! She’s a bit of the old alright.
I say! Jolly good! She’s a bit of the old alright.
So it wasn't the SOLDIER who was in the fight in the night club? LOL!
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