<div dir="ltr">Apologies to all The Date is Thursday March 29th for Gulick mission</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Mar 27, 2022 at 1:23 PM PGR Vetrep East <<a href="mailto:pgrpa.vetrep.east@gmail.com">pgrpa.vetrep.east@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Maj Laurence Raymond Gulick (Ret)</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt"></span></p><p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">United States Air Force</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt"></span></p><p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:21.3333px">Drexel PA</span></font></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt"></span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Patriot Guard has been invited by the Family of Maj Gulick, United States Air Force to stand in his Honor at his funeral service. Maj Gulick Served in the United States Air Force from 1942 to 1968. </p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> In the summer of 1942, he chose the Army Air Forces and qualified for pilot, bombardier and navigation school. He selected bombardier training and was assigned to a B-24 crew in 466th Bomb Group in the Mighty Eighth Air Force.</span> On his first mission at 22 years old, Lt. Gulick along with his tail gunner, removed 4-100lb live bombs rolling on top of 3-100lb bombs that had hung up and failed to release. They walked out onto a 9-inch catwalk above open bomb bay doors at 16,000 feet without oxygen, gloves or a parachute with air temperatures of -30F. They carefully lifted and released these live bombs and in so doing saved their airship and all ten men aboard, as the slightest jostle would have detonated them and landing would have been impossible. Other notable wartime accomplishments include his bomb personally taking out a railroad bridge critical to Nazi operations in Blois, France. He was part of the D-Day invasion bombing coastal France prior to the beach landings. For this he was awarded the French Legion of Honor by the Ambassador of France in the fall of 2018.</p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">Maj Gulick received the following awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal w/3 Oak Leaf Clusters and 4 Battlestars.</span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </p><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;line-height:33px;text-align:center;color:rgb(74,60,49)"><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4">Staging: 1230 Hrs<br>Service: 1300 Hrs<br>Arlington Cemetery<br>2900 State Rd.<br>Drexel PA 19026<br>Map: </font><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/r912Csfz5dF4sNif6" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/maps/r912Csfz5dF4sNif6</a><br><br>RCIC: Dennis Fariello<br>Email: <a href="mailto:Dennis.fariello@gmail.com" target="_blank">Dennis.fariello@gmail.com</a></h3><font color="#888888"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Lato-Bold,Arial,Helvetica,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase;margin-top:30px;text-align:center;display:flex;font-size:10px;letter-spacing:2.4px;color:rgb(74,60,49)"><br></div></font><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Sincerely-- <div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Eric M. Cramer, <br><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Veterans Liaison East<br>Patriot Guard Riders Of Pennsylvania</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Sincerely-- <div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Eric M. Cramer, <br><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Veterans Liaison East<br>Patriot Guard Riders Of Pennsylvania</font></div></div></div></div></div></div>