The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Chief Nurse Katharine Brown, United States Army Nurse Corps, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during world War I. As Chief Nurse of the Nantes Hospital Center, France, Chief Nurse Brown supervised and directed the nursing care of more than 4,000 patients. Her good judgment, tact, foresight, and energy resulted in most successful accomplishments on the part of the nursing force of that center.