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Old 10-31-2012, 05:06 AM   #1
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This one is interesting - first, It doesn't say anything about his wartime military service, but at the same time he wears a Victory and Freedom medal on the photograph - likely he was a non-military conspirator or a partisan.
But what's more interesting, is the fact that this booklet - issued in 1949, truely totalitarian stalinist times - actualy stays that he served in the military intelligence unit! Normaly, I would expect that in this case only the unit number would be given, but no, it clearly says he servedin the "Military Information" unit (that was the official name of the military intelligence and counterintelligence before it was changed to WSW).
Anyway, it sates that he had the rank of plutonowy (an NCO rank - higher than standard corporal, but lowe, than sgt., the soviet equivalent would be more or less serzhant, but this is not very acurate) and was the deputy platoon commander.
He started his military service on 22 May 1945, when he got his basic training in 9th rifle company of the 44th Infantry Regiment, than on 30 June he was moved to the scout platoon and on 7th July - moved to the Military Information unit of the 13th Infantry Division and on 18 February 1946 moved to the Military Information unit of the DOW4 (SOW4? No idea what it is, if not for the number, I would say it may be Silesian Military District, MI unit nr.4, but don't know) and promoted to the rank of plutonowy and the post of deputy platoon commander). Demobilised on 23 July 1947.
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