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February 4th - The Birthday
of General Thaddeus Kosciuszko,
Hero of Poland and America
Thaddeus Kosciuszku was born in
Poland on February 4th, 1746, son of Ludwick and Tekla
Kosciuszko. He attended school in Lubieszow and then the
Cadet Academy in Warsaw before continueing his engineering
studies in Paris, France. By the time Kosziuszko arrived
in America from Poland in 1776, he was a skilled engineer who
came to offer his services to the American colonies in their
struggle for independence.
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COMING TO THE SILVER SCREEN.
A film is planned on the role of the
United States’ Kosciusko Squadron pilots who risked their lives
during the 1919-1921 Polish-Soviet War. The squadron leader,
Merian Caldwell Cooper, arrived in Poland in 1919 with a Herbert
Hoover mission of humanitarian assistance for war-torn Europe.
With seven American volunteers, he joined the elite Polish
squadron named after Tadeusz Kosciuszko. Cooper escaped after
spending nine months as a soviet POW after his plane was shot
down. For his valor, he was awarded the highest Polish military
medal, the Virtuti Militari by Marshal Pilsudski, Polish
commander-in-chief.
The idea for the film came from The
Foundation to Illuminate America’s Heroes, which described
Cooper an “an outstanding American whose story can inspire
present and future generations of Americans.”
Cooper’s great grandfather fought
alongside Kazimierz Pulaski in the American Revolution. Cooper
was a founding board member of Pan American Airways, an
adventurer, a film director, a screenwriter, and a producer of
films, the most famous of which was King Kong. He died of cancer
at the age of eighty in 1973.
The Foundation is seeking donations to
fund the film. It is a tax exempt 501(c)(3) public charity.
Write or call 1616 Anderson Road, McLean, VA 22102; (334)
718-9501.
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