THE RIBBON COLLECTOR
by Greg Ogletree
Greg Ogletree is a retired USAF officer and
former director (board member) of the Orders and Medals
Society of America (OMSA). He earned his BA degree in
military history, cum laude, from the University of Puget
Sound in 1980, his BS degree in political science from the
University of the State of New York in 1981, and was selected
as one of the Outstanding Young Men of America in both 1985
and 1987. Greg is perhaps best known for his definitive
book on U.S. National Guard medals and ribbons, Awards &
Decorations of U.S. State Military Forces, published in 1988,
but also has written several other books and numerous articles
for periodicals dealing with U.S. militaria. In addition
to state military awards, his primary interests are in U.S.
military patches, miniature U.S. medals, and ribbon bars of
all U.S. military and civilian organizations. In the
mid-1980s, he published the short-lived but very popular
newsletter, The Ribbon Collector, for collectors worldwide and
in 1989 he was awarded a Certificate of Merit by OMSA for his
work with the Ribbon Bank. In 2017 he revived The Ribbon
Collector. Greg is a life member of numerous hereditary,
fraternal, veteran, and professional organizations—far too
many to list in this brief bio. Although born in
Vermont, Greg grew up in a Coast Guard family so has lived in
more than a dozen states and currently calls Lompoc,
California, home. His wife of nearly 50 years passed on
in 2018, but he still enjoys their two daughters., six
grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
Articles
about the use of Ribbons and in some case's for
those in the Ribbon Collecting area, may be new to them.
See #9 and it's reference to Medal of Honor
Ribbons, One as a printed version, the other as a
silk-screened version.
All future issues will be hard copy only.
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These pages
were created in MS Word and saved as a web page, in some
cases the original formatting did not work properly to the
design of the original and thus may appear different in
it's look, not the content.