The Marquette Interchange and Caught Fire June 21, 1984. the Family Was in the Midst of a Move from the Chicago Area to Another State

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the Marquette Interchange and caught fire June 21, 1984. The family was in the midst of a move from the Chicago area to another state. Berner, 26, a laboratory technician for a local meat-packing plant, used his body to shatter the windshield of the truck and helped the three out of the truck. - Milwaukee Sentinel, September 24, 1985 (contributed by David Cerull, OMSA ##.

HIJACK HEROINE RECEIVES MEDAL FOR ACT OF VALOR By Irvin Molotsky - Washington, Oct. 4 - Uli Derickson, the purser of the Trans World Airlines plane that was hijacked to Beirut in June, today was given a medal reserved for the nation’s greatest heroes. Mrs. Derickson became the first woman ever to receive the Silver Cross, which is awarded by the Legion of Valor, one of the nation’s oldest veterans’ organizations. She was aboard T.W.A. Flight 847 when it was hijacked on June 14 by two Shiite terrorists shortly after takeoff from Athens on a flight to Rome. One of the passengers, Robert Dean Stethem, a Navy diver, was killed after the plane landed in Beirut. She was among the 53 passengers and crew members who were released in Algiers the next day, but 39 others were held hostage in Beirut for 17 days. Mrs. Derickson shielded another Navy diver, Clinton Suggs, when one of the hijackers went for him after killing Mr. Stethem. Another hostage, Thomas Cullins, said of Mrs. Derickson after they were released: "She saved lives, literally° She put her body in between blows and took blows herself. I frankly think there would have been more killings, and possibly a whole planeload, without her." The award was presented in the Capitol Hill office of Senator Bill Bradley, Democrat of New Jersey, who praised Mrs° Derickson for "her calm, confident, valorous work." Mrs. Derickson lives in Newton, N.J.. James D. Doughtie, national adjutant of the Legion of Valor, which was founded in 1890, said she was only the 19th person to have won the medal since it was established in 19S7. Three of those are the unknown soldiers of World War I, World War II and the Korean War who are buried in Arlington National Cemetery. The others are people who selflessly risked their lives to save others. Mrs. Derickson said at the ceremony that she held no ill will toward those who might have misunderstood her role in dealing with the hijackers. For a brief time in the confusion that surrounded the episode, there were erroneous reports that she had aided the hijackers in singling out passengers with Jewish-sounding names. "Of course I’m over that hurt," she said in response to a question. "I was raised a Christian, and I forgive." The award was presented by Morris G. Worley, national commander of the Legion of Valor, who said Mrs. Derickson "embodies everything 4O good that we can say about socfety." With her at the ceremony was her husband, Russell, a retired pilot~ their 7-year-old son Matthew, and her mother, ~arianne Patzelt, who lives in Germany and was flown here for the ceremony. Mrs. Derick- son was born in Prague and reared in Germany. - The New York Times, October 5, 1985 (contributed by Paul Kaparoff).

IDENTIFICATION: 85-6-18 BY: ELIO IARABEK, OMSA #2886

This is the Military Order of Saint Brigid, founded by Saint Bri- gid, Queen of Sweden, in 1366. It is an extinguished order which has been illegitimately reconstituted.

IDENTIFICATION REQUESTED: BY: JOSEPH PESTA, OMSA #3734

8S-II-32 - I would appreciate any information that could be fur- nished about the medal illustrated below. The medallion is in silver, while the rim and scroll suspension are in gold.

41 SECRETARY’S REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 1985 NEW MEMBERS The following have applied for membership in our Society. If no written objection to such application be received from any mem- ber within thirty (30) days from date of publication of said notice applicant shall forthwith be admitted to membership (Art III, Sec 3 of the OMSA Constitution and By-Laws). #4046 - Robert A. Peterson (Secretary) 6149 Duquesne, Riverside, CA 92506 #4047 - G. M. von Ledwidge (Secretary) 1727 3/4 N. Bronson Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90028 #4048 - Roy N. Pawlucki (Hawkes #490) P.O. Box 2594, Kirkland, WA 98083 #4049 - Kazimierz A. Jakubiel (Haskin #3344) 60 Coniston Road, Kempshott, Basingstoke, Hants, England #4050 - Bill G. Pappas (Gleim #1724) 205 Lawn Avenue, N.W., Canton, OH 44708 #4051 - Adam I. Langweiler (Secretary) 250 Gorge Road, 14-D, Cliffside Park, NJ 07010 #4052 - Alexander P. Lisy (Heller #3956) 63 Maplewood Drive, East Greenwich, RI 02818 #4053 - William R. Galeota (Heller #3956) 3171N. Quincy Street, Arlington, VA 22207 #4054 - Gerald R. Medd (Heller #3956) .P.O. Box 188, Cortez, FL 33522" #4O55 - Kurt G. Blumenstein (Heller #3956) 37697 Cedar Boulevard, Newark, CA 94560 #4056 - Hugh R. Hawes, Jr. (Heller #3956) Rt 3, Box 477-A, Abilene, TX 79605 #4057 - Theodore A. Kolhek (Heller #3956) 203 - 33rd Street, Lindenhurst, NY 11757 #4058 - Harvey A. Reisberg (Heller #3956) 15 Ralston Avenue, Piscataway, NJ 08854 #4059 - Edward R. Rowe (Heller #3956) 110-4 Sherwood Circle, Minot, ND 58704 #4060 - Edward W.J. MC Comas (Heller #3956) 3400 N.W. 50th Avenue, #204, Lauderdale Lakes, FL 33319 #4061 - J. Kimble Conklin (Heller #3956) 7106 Halifax Court, Tampa, FL 33615 #4062 - Thomas J. Ryan (Secretary) 3844 Joppa Avenue, So., Minneapolis, MN 55416 #4063 - Victor J. Blais (Heller #3956) 930 N. Louise, #305, Gelndale, CA 91207 #4064 - Paul H. Anderson (Gleim #1724) 2105 E. 73rd Avenue, Merrillville, IN 46410 #4065 - George A. Haven, Jr. (Heller #3956) 4908 Pebble Creek Drive, Antioch, TN 37013 CHANGE OF ADDRESS #3400 - Miquel E. Bermudez 1301-20th Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20036 #3587 - Richard D. Kennedy P.O. Box 829, Vedder Crossing, B.C., Canada V0X IX0