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A Polish refugee learns the ‘GI Salute’ in 1950

By Artur S.Posted on April 19, 2021June 29, 2024
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Stanley Kozak, born Stanisław, was my great-uncle. As a teenager he was abducted by the Nazis during the Second World War, and he ultimately settled in Chicago as a war refugee. He was then called upon to serve his adopted country in 1950.

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Compensation for his forced labor

By Artur S.Posted on March 30, 2020June 29, 2024
  • WWII Tarnów History

My mother tells me that her father and I would have gotten along very well. Józef Kozak was a talented story teller who could spin […]

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