Born: April 16, 1920, Lublin, Poland
Died: March 21, 2021, USA
Buried:
Family (Wife): Married Antonina “Tola” (Klimaszewska); Children Eulala “Lala” and Antoni “Tony”;
Medals: Polish Wounded Star; Polish Army Medal; British: 1939/45 Star; France and Germany Star; British Defense and War Medal, War Medal 1939-45.
During the War:
Stanislaw and family were forcibly exiled from Eastern Poland to the forests of Soviet Siberia in February, 1940, released and joined Polish Army in USSR in 1942. He was soldier of 8th Infantry Division until evacuation from USSR the same year.
Transported with other soldiers chosen for 1 Polish Corps in Great Britain, he was trained in a tank unit stationed in Scotland with the 1st Regiment, 1st Division of the Polish Army. Together with Canadian forces, rolled onto Juno Beach in support of post D-Day Invasions of Normandy 1944; wounded in the following bigger Battle of Falaise Gap, France. Ranked as a Sergeant and specialized as the main gunner in the Sherman tank, 1st Polish Armoured Division
After the War:
He retired as a machinist from Buffalo Forge. He was a proud member of various Polish and American civic clubs. He fought tenaciously for the legitimate rights of Polish WWII Veterans while belonging to the Polish Veteran groups of SPK Post#33 in Buffalo and SWAP Post#1. He was also a committed member of the ADHC family at the VA and the Polish American Congress of Western New York. Sloan, N.Y.
author: Stan Skrzeszewski, Canada
Source: Buffalo News, March 2021.