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<div dir="auto" id="m_3439749041065462472line_space"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div dir="auto" id="m_3439749041065462472line_space"><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><b><i style="height:20px"><font color="#a03223">Andy Simkovitch</font></i></b></span></div><div id="m_3439749041065462472gmail-m_5820727351718251119gmail-m_-6176708936550639927gmail-m_-4431114634803174225m_4894474436066367942gmail-m_5446864256240399357gmail-m_-7911907390565036283gmail-m_-4696063524770043892m_-68718536650760085line_space" dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(153,0,0)"><i><b><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span class="gmail_default"></span></span></span></b></i></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(153,0,0)"><i><b><span style="height:20px"></span></b></i></span></span></div></div><div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(153,0,0)"><i><b><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px">U.S. <span class="gmail_default">Navy</span><span class="gmail_default"><br></span></span></span></b></i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(153,0,0)"><i><b><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span class="gmail_default">WWII Veteran<br></span></span></span></b></i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(153,0,0)"><i><b><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span class="gmail_default"></span></span></span></b></i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(153,0,0)"><b style="height:20px"><i><span class="gmail_default">14 </span><span class="gmail_default">October </span>2020</i></b></span></span></div></div><div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(153,0,0)"><i><b><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span class="gmail_default">Girard,</span> PA</span></span></b></i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></div></div><div><div> </div></div><div><div> </div></div><div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font style="height:91px">The
Patriot Guard Riders have been invited by the family of<span class="gmail_default"> </span></font>Andy Simkovitch,<span class="gmail_default"> U.S. Navy,</span> to<span class="gmail_default"> stand in silent honor for his service then escort for the interment.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:15.4px"><br></span></span></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(68,68,68)">Andy enlisted in the U.S. Navy at the age of 17 in 1943. He deployed to the European Theater, aboard the LST 501. He left Portsmouth<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">, </span>England with his shipmates on 5 of June 1944 and landed at Utah Beach on 6 of June 1944<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">.</span><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"> </span>Andy and his shipmates made six trips inland to Utah Beach and three to Omaha Beach under fire until the beachheads were secured.</span></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></span></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Andy was</span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(68,68,68)"> also a Signalman for the LCPV which carried 36 soldiers each and had four U.S. Navy crewman. It was here on this craft, under enemy fire,that he retrieved American and German wounded from the beaches to be evacuated.</span></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(68,68,68)"><br></span></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(68,68,68)">Following the success of the Normandy Invasion, Andy was called to duty once again, this time in the South Pacific. Here he participated in much of the same combat actions as Operation Overlord in Normandy, this time assisting the U.S Marine Corps in the invasion of Okinawa. </span></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(68,68,68)"><br></span></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(68,68,68)">Andy was awarded the WWII Victory Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the Philippine Liberation Medal, the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal W/ 1 Bronze Star, the European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal W/ 2 Bronze Stars, the D- Day WWII Medal , the U.S. Navy Combat Service Medal and recently from the Governor of Normandy, the Medal of the Jubilee of Liberty, and the Chevalier Legion of Honor</span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(68,68,68)"> Medal for D- Day, Southern France. </span></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(68,68,68)"><br></span></span></font></div><div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font style="height:91px"><span class="gmail_default">Andy honorably discharged, with the rank of Seaman First Class March of 1946.</span></font></span></font></div></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(68,68,68);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Following time served, Andy became a member of American Legion Post #494 in Girard and the Edinboro-McKean Veterans of Foreign War Post #740.</span></span></font></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Andy recently quoted, "I am proud of my service, I am proud to have been there."</span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="height:20px" class="gmail_default">Andy served</span> our countr<span class="gmail_default">y and his community </span>with honor, i<span class="gmail_default"></span>t's now our turn to honor him.</span></div></div><div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default"></span><br></span></div></div><div><div> </div></div><div><div> </div></div><div><div> </div></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><div class="gmail_default"><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span class="gmail_default"><b style="height:20px"><i><a>Wednesday, 14 October 2020</a></i></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span class="gmail_default"><b><i><br></i></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span class="gmail_default"><b><i><br></i></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="height:20px"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><b style="font-style:italic">Stagin</b><span class="gmail_default"><b style="font-style:italic">g:</b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b style="font-style:italic"> </b><a>9:00 AM</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><b style="height:20px"><i>Edder Funeral Home Inc.</i></b><br><a>309 E Main, Girard, PA 16417</a><br><a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/x3adEPPcSD49Pnre6" target="_blank">https://maps.app.goo.gl/x3adEPPcSD49Pnre6</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="height:20px"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><i style="height:20px"><b style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span class="gmail_default"></span></span></b></i><span style="height:20px"><b style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span class="gmail_default"></span></span></b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span class="gmail_default"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span><div><span 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</div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="height:20px"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><i style="height:20px"><b style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span class="gmail_default"></span></span></b></i></span></span><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px" class="gmail_default"><b style="color:rgb(255,0,0);font-style:italic">Briefing: </b><font color="#252525"><a>9:15 AM</a></font><b style="color:rgb(255,0,0);font-style:italic"><br></b></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><b><i><font color="#ff1100">Following the Briefing, Flag Line set</font></i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span class="gmail_default"><font style="font-style:italic;font-weight:bold" color="#ff0000"><br></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37)">Family arriving </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span class="gmail_default"><font style="font-style:italic;font-weight:bold" color="#ff0000"><br></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Prayer service at <a>9:30am</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Mass at <a>10:00am</a></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span class="gmail_default" style="height:20px"><b><i><font color="#ff1100">Following the service KSU, escorting for interment.</font></i></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><b style="height:20px"><i>St. John Cemetery</i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Church Street, Girard, PA16417</span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span class="gmail_default" style="height:20px"></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><div dir="auto" id="m_3439749041065462472gmail-m_5820727351718251119gmail-m_-6176708936550639927gmail-m_-4431114634803174225m_4894474436066367942gmail-m_5446864256240399357gmail-m_-7911907390565036283gmail-m_-4696063524770043892m_-68718536650760085gmail-m_8051682856265358924gmail-m_-7618641697878871865m_-1626082903760769250gmail-m_2126519006535097296gmail-m_7257910990027108403gmail-m_-5131120025956004385gmail-m_-287662359336926084gmail-m_-8640001110717464447gmail-m_1936115141719751447gmail-m_8949134785583217245gmail-m_-8294270763767312375m_4251828226053819419m_-5761534953192648542gmail-m_8133853548748751479gmail-m_-8821231349841297303gmail-m_-326360336356801815gmail-m_5668843835800798902gmail-m_-8191205610733073804m_981593670135236889line_space"><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><i><b><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><a><span class="gmail_default"><br></span></a></span></span></b></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><i><b><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><a><span class="gmail_default"><br></span></a></span></span></b></i></span></div><div><div class="gmail_default"><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">
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can attend all of a mission <span class="gmail_default">or</span><span class="gmail_default"> </span><span class="gmail_default">a</span>ny part of the mission. PGR sets no
time for a member to escort and or stand a mission. We Thank you for
whatever time you give us and the families of our heroes appreciate your
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be aware & alert of your surroundings. Also, before heading out please watch the weather, dress accordingly, grab your masks<span class="gmail_default"> </span><span class="gmail_default">and</span> bring your 3 X
5 handheld American flags.</b></i></span></div></div></div><div><div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="height:91px"><br></span></i></b></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><b><br></b></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><i style="height:20px"><b>RCIC:</b></i></span><i style="height:20px"><b> </b></i><i style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);height:20px"><b>Tom Hanna</b></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"><a href="mailto:CBTBruce@aol.com" target="_blank">CBTBruce@aol.com</a><i><b><br></b></i></div></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"><a href="tel:(814)%20572-2951" target="_blank">(814) 572-2951</a><i style="font-size:small"><b><br></b></i></div></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><b><i><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Assisting: </span><font color="#252525">Dale Mallory </font></i></b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:tazmall@hotmail.com" target="_blank">tazmall@hotmail.com</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><a href="tel:(724)%20992-9186" target="_blank">(724) 992-9186</a></span></div></div></div><div dir="auto" id="m_3439749041065462472line_space"><br></div><div dir="auto" id="m_3439749041065462472line_space"><br></div><div dir="auto" id="m_3439749041065462472new_signature"><div><br></div></div></div><br><br></div>