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Fudakowski, Leon

Date of birth:
August 26th, 1904 (Uher)
Date of death:
May 12th, 1992 (Cowansville/Quebec, Canada)
Buried on:
Powazki Cemetery Warsaw
Nationality:
Polish (1918-1939, IInd Republic)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Podpulkownik (Lieutenant-colonel)
Unit:
12th Podolski Uhlan Regiment, HQ, Polish II Corps, Polish Armed Forces in the West
Awarded on:
January 22nd, 1948
"For exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States from January 1944 to 2 May 1945."
Legion of Merit - Officer (LoM - O)
Krzyz na Slaskiej Wstedze Walecznosci i Zaslugi II Klasy
Krzyz Zaslugi in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)

Fudakowski refused to received the decoration.
Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny

Sources

  • - Leon Fudakowski - Recipient - Military Times Hall Of Valor
    - Jan. Fudakowski: Ułańskie wspomnienia z roku 1920. Lublin: Tow. Nauk. Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego, 2005. ISBN 83-7306-231-9. - Wspomnienie o ś. p. płk. Leonie Fudakowskim. „Podolak – komunikat Koła Żołnierzy 12 Pułku Ułanów Podolskich". rok XLV (nr 119), listopad 1992. Londyn.

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