World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Robert V. Guelich
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Union, Ohio
Honored By
Friends of American Heroes
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER STATIONED AT WRIGHT FIELD IN DAYTON, OHIO. DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN BATTLES. BUT WITNESSED THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF SEVERAL BATTLES. RISING TO BECOME AN EDITOR FOR THE AIR FORCE'S OFFICIAL MAGAZINE, TRAVELED THE WORLD TOUCHING DOWN IN INDIA AND MANILA, CRASH-LANDING IN VENEZUELA AND BEING PART OF THE FIRST GROUP OF REPORTERS TO WITNESS THE AFTERMATH OF THE BOMBINGS OF HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI IN 1945.