Albin (Alfred) David Pulczinski

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Pulczinski (ser.# 37318776) was wounded in the leg by shrapnel and taken prisoner Dec. 20, 1944 (Stalag 4B, Muhlberg Sachsen) by the Germans, during the Battle of the Bulge.

Pulczinski was a prisoner-of-war for four months. The Americans were advancing very rapidly at that time of the war and prisoners were being moved frequently. On one occasion they were loaded on trucks and rumor was that they were being taken to Leipzig. Pulczinski, who spoke Polish asked one of the German guards, who also spoke Polish how long it would be before they arrived in Leipzig. The German answered, "The Americans are in Leipzig." The prisoners knew then that the war wasn't going to last much longer. [Greenbush Centennial Book]

- farmed in Polonia & Barto township, Roseau County, Minnesota. Retired to Greenbush in 1975.