GENERAL: President’s Message (4) ............. 1/4-5, 6/4-5, 8/4-5, 10/4-5, 11/4, 12/4-5 Now Available From the Secretary ........ 1/5, 4/39, 8/24, 11/16 OMSA Monographs Available ....... 1/33, 4/36, 5/22, 6/20, 7/20, 10/21, 11/36 25 Year Service Bar Available ... 1/35, 4/35, 5/18, 7/9, 8/13, 10/36, 11/25 The Ribbon Bank ......... 1/37-38, 4/21-22, 5/14-15, 6/27-28, 7/17-19, 8/24-25, 11/13-14 Convention Announcements .......... ¯ ............. 3/29, 6/29, 7/16 Call For Nominations (32) ................................. 3/32 O.M.S.A. Index ............................................ 3/33 Special Announcement --- Ribbon Bank Manager’s Change of Address ........................................ 5/14, 6/27 Secretary’s Report of Nominations Received (32) ........... 7/31 1987-88 Awards For Best Articles .......................... 8/31 Books From Willson Estate Donated to OMSA Library (34) .... 8/31 Dues Payments ............................... 8/35, 10/31, 11/35 The 1988 OMSA Convention (47) .......................... 10/6-20" OMSA Long Range Planning Effort ........................... 10/30 Report of the 1988 Election Teller Committee (32) ......... 10/36 Treasurer’s Report For the Year Ending June 30, 1988 ...... 11/17 CAMBODIA: Award of the Cambodian National Defense Medal to an American ’Green Beret’ (9) .......................... 4/19-21" CANADA: Posthumous Award Honors Portage Man (64) .............. 11/27-28 Two Winnipeggers Named to Order of Canada List (64) ... 11/28-29 CUBA: Orders, Decorations, & Medals of the Republic of Cuba (29) ......................................... 4/4-13" Notes on the Article "Orders, Decorations, and Medals of the Republic of Cuba" (I) ........................ 7/21-23 GERMANY: "Kamerad" Memorial Medal (23) .......................... 1/27-28" The Grand Cross of the Order of the Iron Cross (21) .... 5/19-31" An Award Document for the German Wound Badge in Gold (33) ........................................ 6/16-19" Correction (16) ........................................... 7/17 Iron Cross Token of World War I (63) ...................... 11/18" 31 GREAT BRITAIN: Britain’s New Lords & Heroes (39) ...................... 3/34-35 Charles Lucas: A Fire Fighting Career in London [13) .. 5/16-18~ Queen Elizabeth Slaps Down Honoree (63) ................... 11/27 IMPERIAL RUSSIA AND THE SOVIET UNION: Russian Medals for the War Against Napoleon (57) ....... 4/23-26" Medal Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of Victory in World War II (57) ................................ S/27-28" Ivan Fedorovich Kruzenshtern [65) ...................... 7/4-9" The First Russian Journey Around the World [15, 54) ....... 7/10 The Order of the Red Banner of the Armenian Socialist Republic (46) ............................. 8/26-30" New Soviet Medal Commemorates the 70th Anniversary of the Soviet Armed Forces (57) ........................ 11/15-16" KOREA (NORTH): A New North Korean Order: The Order of the Red Banner of the Three Revolutions [I) ........................ 8/17-18" KOREA (SOUTH): A Medal for Veterans of the Korean War (51) ............ 3/31-32 NEW ZEALAND: Victoria Cross to Be Auctioned (30) ...................... 11/26 PAKISTAN: Pakistan Elite Army Unit Losses (61) ..................... 6/33 POLAND: New Book in Progress on the Polish Order of the Virtuti Militari .................................... 8/I5-16~ Determination of Scarcity and Valuation of Polish Militaria (58) ............................... 10/27-30 ROMANIA: Addendum to "The Romanian Commemorative Medal of the Crusade Against Communism" (33) ..................... 1/19-21" Additional Information Concerning The Romanian Commemorative Medal of the Crusade Against Communism (29) ...................................... 12/24-25" 32 SPAIN: Controller Gets Spanish Medal (18) ..................... 11/30-31 SWEDEN: New Swedish Medal (40) .................................. 12/6-7 THAILAND: Knights of the Barter (9) ............................... 7/32-33 UNITED STATES: USA Typhus Commission Medal (34) ........................ i/6-17~ New Army Civilian Service ~¢ards (38) ...................... 1/21 Veteran and Hereditary Organizations of Military Service and/or Wars of Colonial America and the United States (35, 53) ...................................... 1/23-26 Philip C. Katz (22) ........................................ 1/31 Reagan Honors Teen Who Rescued Toddlers (62) ............... 1/32 New Medal Design (18) ...................................... 1/32 Combat Readiness Medal (18) ................................ 1/32 The Merchant Marine Gallant Ship Citation Plaque and Bar (36) ......................................... 3/4-29~ Flier Who Shot Down Yamamoto Dies (33) .................... 3/34 Kenneth Porter, World War I Flying Ace (33) ............... 3/35 Alaska Territorial Guard Medal (6) ...................... 4/15-18" An Additional Recipient of the Typhus Commission Medal (8).. 4/18 Addendum to "Veteran and Hereditary Organizations of Military Service and/or Wars of Colonial America and the United States" (53) ............................. 4/26 The Neptunus Rex Campaign Medal (59) .................... 4/27-30~ Sgt. Maj. Berry Perry, Marine Guard, U.S.S. Boise (60, 49) 5/4-14* The Medals and Decorations of Brig. Gen. Charles R. Krauthoff (12) ....................................... 5/19-21~ Aliases Traced to Hero (39) ............................. 5/32-33 Military Memories: Institute is a Showcase for Army’s History (62) .................................. 5/33-35 General’s Years in Marines Were Truly Active Service (31) 5/35-36 War Merchant Seamen to Get Veteran Status (62) ............. 5/36 A Fighter Pilot ’Mystery Group’ (37) ..................... 6/6-15~ What Happened to the Heroes? David Mangum, World War II Navy Pilot (7) .......................... 6/21-26e USA Typhus Commission Medal Update (24) ................. 6/30-32~ Congress Authorizes New POW Medal (26) ..................... 6/33 World War I Draft Cards (i0) ............................ 7/ii-15~ The Chicago Tribune’s R.O.T.C. 1961 Medal for Military Merit (25) .................................. 7/24-25e Spanish-American War Medals of Oregon (6) ............... 7/26-31~ Reward for Distinguished Service (62) ...................... 8/16 Heroism Awards of the Boy Scouts of America (19) ........ 8/19-22~ Addendum to The Medals and Decorations of Brig. Gen. Charles R. Krauthoff (17) ........................... 10/22-23 A New Striking of the Merchant Marine Meritorious Service Medal (36) .................................. i0/23-24* Polar Awards of the United States: "Jeanette" Arctic Expedition Medal, 1879-1882 (31) ..................... ii/5-13* 33 .