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Warrant Officer Patrick Tower, SMV, CD is a Canadian soldier who was the first recipient of the Star of Military Valour, a Canadian military decoration, in recognition of actions under enemy fire taken in the Pashmul region of Afghanistan. He had prior military service including the Battle of Medak Pocket and three tours in the former Yugoslavia with Canadian peacekeeping forces.〔Wattie, ''Contact Charlie'', p.24〕 During the Panjwayi fighting in the summer of 2006, Tower was a section commander in 9 Platoon of the 1st Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry but by 3 August 2006, "(c)asualties had elevated (Tower) to second-in-command of the platoon of about thirty soldiers of Charlie Company who had been fighting that day."〔Wattie, ''Contact Charlie'', p.24〕 The citation for his Star of Military Valour reads:
==References== * (Governor General announces the first-ever awarding of Military Valour Decorations, October 27, 2006 ) * (Star of Military Valour (S.M.V.) ) * (Canadian Forces Honours and Awards Chart ) * Wattie, Chris ''Contact Charlie: The Canadian Army, The Taliban and the Battle that Saved Afghanistan'' (Key Porter Books Ltd., Toronto, ON, 2008) ISBN 978-1-55470-084-4 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Patrick Tower」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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