Roy M. Gulick

Roy Moyer Gullick (April 12, 1904 – September 27, 1976) was a decorated officer of the United States Marine Corps with the rank of major general.

Gulick subsequently received appointment to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, and following four years of study, he graduated in June 1926 with a bachelor's degree.

Gulick was transferred to the command of Marine detachment aboard the battleship USS Wyoming in April 1934 and participated in training cruises for Naval Academy midshipmen and NROTC cadets to various destinations, including European ports, the Caribbean, and the Gulf of Mexico.

Gulick completed the course in May of the following year and assumed duty as an instructor at the Basic School at Philadelphia Navy Yard under Colonel Gilder D. Jackson Jr.

He was transferred to Hawaii in September 1943 and served as deputy to paymaster of the Fleet Marine Force, Pacific, Brigadier General Merritt B. Curtis.

Gulick remained in that assignment until the end of war and received the Navy Commendation Medal by Commanding general, FMFPac, Holland Smith.

The facility in Philadelphia served to procure, store, maintain, distribute and manufacture uniforms and minor equipage, and Gulick remained there until May 1949, when he was sent to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina.

[1] With the promotion to general's rank, Gulick was ordered to California and assumed command of Marine Corps Depot of Supplies at San Francisco.

The Barstow Center served for rebuilding and repairing of ground-combat and combat-support equipment and to support installations on the West Coast of the United States.

Gulick signs the guest book during the Sunset Parade at the Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C. ; Commanding officer of the Barracks, Colonel Jonas M. Platt looks on.