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This project will attempt to group the participants in the Heller's Army during World War I.
The Blue Army (Polish: Błękitna Armia; French: Armée bleue), or Haller's Army, was a Polish military contingent created in France during the latter stages of World War I. The name came from the French-issued blue military uniforms worn by the soldiers. The symbolic term used to describe the troops was subsequently adopted by General Józef Haller von Hallenburg himself to represent all newly organized Polish Legions fighting in western Europe.
The army was formed on 4 June 1917, and was made up of Polish volunteers serving alongside allied forces in France during World War I. After fighting on the Western Front, the army was transferred to Poland where it joined other Polish military formations fighting for the return of Poland's independence. The Blue Army played a pivotal role in ensuring Polish victory in the Polish–Ukrainian War, and later Haller's troops took part in Poland's defeat of the advancing Bolshevik forces in the Polish–Soviet War.
Throughout the fighting on the Ukrainian front, soldiers within the ranks of the Blue Army assaulted segments of the local Jewish residents, assuming that some Jews were co-operating with Poland's enemies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Army_(Poland)
http://www.hallersarmy.com/Memorials/Warsaw.php
The following ship manifests provide listings of returning Haller’s Army soldiers to the US in the 1920s.
SS Antigone (from Danzig – April 18, 1920)
SS Latvia (August 17, 1922)
SS Pochontas (from Danzig – June 16, 1920)
SS Princess Matokia (from Danzig – May 23, 1920)
https://pgsa.org/polish-history/hallers-army-index/?fbclid=IwAR03sO...