Pohoski, Richard George

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Date of birth:: 1924
Date of death:: June 25th, 2006 (Longueuil/Quebec, Canada)
Nationality:: Polish

Biography

Richard Pohoski was a freedom fighter in the Armia Krajowa and participated in the Warsaw Uprising of 1944. He was wounded and taken prisoner of war.

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Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:: x, Armia Krajowa

During the Warsaw Uprising, while wounded and under heavy bombardment and artillery fire he led 160 people to safety through the sewers of Warsaw.

Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny

Krzyz Walecznych

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Warszawski Krzyz Powstanczy

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:: Armia Krajowa

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- Richard George Pohoski

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