Paweł Huszcza , the son of Fanciszek, born on 25 January 1921 in Augustów. He was a member of the Youth Conspiracy Organisation operating in those days in Augustów. In spring 1940 he was arrested by NKVD together with other members of this organisation and consigned in Mińsk and after sentence he was transported to gulag in the north part of USSR. In 1941 he joined Anders’ Army on the territory of USSR and went with it the whole battle trail. He served in the Polish 5th Kresowa Infantry Division (4 November 1941 – September 1947). In 1944 rifleman Paweł Huszcza appointed to corporal was a squad commander. He got to the Italian front and fought near Sango, Volturno, Monte Cassino, captured Bogna. After the war the Polish 5th KID stayed within the army of occupation in Italy. In June 1946 corporal Huszcza together with the Polish 5th KDP was transported to England and came back to Poland in 1948. He worked in the headquarters of the District Fire Service in Augustów and retired in 1981. He died on 12 March 1986.
The author of text and pictures: Tomasz Huszcza
