The Conqueror of Monte Cassino Has Died. He Was the Last Person Living in Poland.
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The funeral will take place on August 21st in Orawka, Nowy Targ County, where Second Lieutenant Kowalczyk lived after returning to Poland and spent his final years. The funeral will begin at 11:30 a.m. in the parish church in Orawka. Second Lieutenant Józef Kowalczyk served in the 12th Podolian Uhlan Regiment, which participated in the Battle of Monte Cassino in May 1944. After the end of World War II, he remained in Great Britain, where he also…
Second Lieutenant Józef Kowalczyk, a soldier in the 12th Podolian Uhlan Regiment of the 2nd Polish Corps, has died at the age of 102. A man who belonged to a generation of soldiers fighting for Poland's freedom far from its borders has passed away, the Polish Veterans' Association and the Polish Armed Forces (BWP) announced.
Second Lieutenant Józef Kowalczyk, the last living soldier in Poland of the 12th Podolian Uhlan Regiment of the 2nd Polish Corps, who fought in the Battle of Monte Cassino, has died at the age of 102, the West Pomeranian Voivodeship Board announced on Wednesday.
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