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EDWARD GULSVICK
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Edward GULSVICK S/Sgt "E" Company KIA, Landing Zone A, Corregidor Friday 16 February 1945 |
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Into this melee fell Sergeant Edward Gulsvick, already bleeding from two bullet holes in his right leg. Gulsvick landed with an empty submachinegun in his hands. Despite his painful wounds he quickly bounced upright and slapped a fresh twenty-round magazine of .45-caliber slugs into his weapon. Then, with his billowing parachute nearly pulling him over, he loosed a blast of fire that killed the entire enemy squad. That accomplished, Gulsvick climbed out of his harness and began administering first aid to a paratrooper who had just been bayoneted but was still alive. While doing so, Gulsvick was shot and killed by a sniper. Gerard M. Devlin Back to Corregidor
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Martin's Press, New York (1992)
The others were Pfc. Emery High, Pfc Matthew Musolino and Pfc Jimmy Rovolis.
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As the second lift drops continued, a
squad of Japanese Imperial Marines assembled along the western edge of the
parade ground DZ where they began shooting at the airplanes and the
descending paratroopers. As each Japanese emptied his rifle he would run
under a paratrooper who was preparing to land and spear him on his bayonet.
