HERO’S ARCHIVIST Recipients of the Medal of Honor are often ordinary men (and one woman) acting under extraordinary circumstances, whose exploits may be lost in the larger themes of history. But Sister Maria Veronica of the Immaculate Heart of Mary carefully archives and researches information on each of the 3,414 heroes who received the nation’s highest award for valor. Sister Maria Veronica, a Roman Catholic nun, has IDvingly maintained the Medal of Honor archives at the Freedoms Foundation in Valley For~e, Pa.. for the past 16 years as a volunteer.

"I’ve got something on all of them," she says proudly. "People know I’m here and send all sorts of articles and information. I get so many requests from all over. It could be the Pentagon one day, to a local military base, to a hero’s family." So far, the former high school political science teacher has com- piled 94 volumes of news re~orts and biographical material on medal recipients. For eight years she worke@ part-time until she com- pleted her 50-year ~eac~ing career; for the past eight years she has watched over and added to the records largely alone. With help from the Mack Truck Co., which laminates each clipping, she says she will continue to keep the heroes’ memories alive. - ~.sight~ Magazine, December 15. 1986 (contributed by Louis Small).

NEW NAVY SERVICE RIBBON AUTHORIZED Crew members servin~ in nine Atlantic Fleet (LANTFLT) and six Paci- fic Fleet (PACFLT) submarine force units are among those eligible to wear the Navy Arctic Service Ribbon, December 9. Secretarv of the Navy John Lehman aDproved the award last May to recognize people who serve on, over or under the arctic ice in support of the Navv’s Arctic Warfare Program. The ribbon is retro- active to January i~ 1982. In special ~resentations conducted by the submarine ~roup commanders in Groton, Conn., and Charleston, S.C.~ December 9, USS Archerfish ~SSN 678) and USS Ray (SSN 653), became the first submarine force units to receive the ribbon. Other eligible units include: USS Smadefish (SSN 668), USS L. Mendel Rivers (SSN 686), USS Sunfish (SSN 649)~ USS Grayling ~SSN 646), USS Sea Devil (SSN 664], USS Seahorse (SSN 669), USS Trepang ~SSN 674), USS Hawkbill (SSN 666), USS Aspro (SSN 648), USS Queen- fish (SSN 651), USS Pintado (SSN 672), USS Gurnard (SSN 662) and USS Tautog (SSN 639%.

Navy Arctic Service Ribbons are now available in some Navv Exchanges. A complete listing of eligible Navy units is currently being pre- pared for release. - Navy Dispatch, December 18, 1986 ~contributed by Arthur---~e~s~.

31 ORDERS STOLEN

THE FOLLOWING ORDERS WERE STOLEN ON DECEMBER 157 1986 FROM BEVERLY HILLS~ . (Beverly Hills P.D. # 86-09554, Officer Thomp-

OWNER VICTIM - LAWRENCE WINTER, #3 Hereford Meuse. London, W2 5AN.

2 Grand Cross sets. Serbian White Ea~le Order

1 Grand Cross Star, Ernestine House Order 1 cased set, Austrian Order of the Golden Fleece (silver-gilt) 1 first type Knight’s breast badge, Order of St. Olaf ~) 1 Grand Cross sash badge. Order of St. Michael & St. George (Great Britain - large mid-1850s badge in ~old) 1 cased Grand Cross set, Order of St. Michael & St. George (Great Britain) 1 cased Collar, Order of St. Michael & St. George ~Great Britain) 2 cased sets, Order of the Indian Empire, Knight Commanders neck badge and breast star (Great Britain) 1 first type breast badge, Order of the Indian Empire, w/INDIA on the petals (Great Britain) 1 Grand Cross sash badge, on sash, Prussian Order of the Crown 2 Grand Cross sets, Austrian Order of Franz Joseph 1 Grand Cross set, Monaco, Order of Grimaldi 1 breast star (second class, w/swords), Netherlands Order of Orange-Nassau 1 breast star by Spink & Son, Poland Order of the White Eagle 1 16th century manuscript, Recipients of the Order of the Golden Fleece, 62 pages in Norman-French

Any information on the above stolen items would be appreciated. Anyone with such information can contact either David C. Foster, OMSA Director, or the Beverly Hills Police Department.

32 IDENTIFICATION AND INQUIRIES DEPARTMENT BY S, G, YASINITSKY

IDENTIFICATION 86-i0-18 By John J. Fischer, 4130 Civil War Badge of the VI Corps, Army of the Potomac, ist Division Description: Thick sheet silver, hand-worked X-shaped cross, about 30mm each arm, with decorative edges. Obverse: The arms of the cross are engraved: Co.i / 95"P.V.V. Reverse: Plain, stamped:PHIL- AD~ / SOMERSET. Suspender: By two fine chains, from a similarly worked pinback silver brooch; O: Engraved: ~.Cox; R: Stamped: Jo SOMERSET / PHILADu. Identification: An American Civil War corps badge of the 6th Corps of the Army of the Potomac. The small red cross in the middle de- notes the First Division of the corps. The 95th Pennsylvania Vet- eran Volunteers (95"P.V.V.) were attached to that division and corps through much of that war. This type of badge was produced by local jewelers and often bought by soldiers as mementoes of their service in the Civil War. Thanks also to George Menegaux, 581.