Comments on: Haller’s Army

By: PHershey

PHershey — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 02:07:55 +0000

If you have a relative who served in WWI in Haller’s Army I would recommend sending for a copy of the enlistment papers, especially form C from PGSA. This form gives personal information including town, county, province in Poland, home address in America, and next of kin. It is very helpful information if you do not have much to go on. There is also a ceremony at Niagara-on-the- Lake, Ontario on the second Sunday in June to remember Haller’s Army.

By: Barb Bechard

Barb Bechard — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 19:30:00 +0000

Edward,
Your best start would be to go to the PGSA website under Haller’s Army Index.
If your father’s name is there, you can order a copy if his enlistment papers.

Good luck.
Barb

By: EDWARD J SLIWA

EDWARD J SLIWA — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:04:45 +0000

MY FATHER WAS A MEMBER OF HALLERS ARMY
HIS NAME WAS STANISLAW SLIWA FROM LOWELL MASS HIS DOB WAS 11 10 1900
IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION OF HIS SERVICE OR IF YOU KNOW WHERE I MAY GET THIS INFORMATION PLEASE EMAIL ME AT
ejswila@netzero.com or call 714 993 989

EDWARD J SLIWA
431 ARAPAHO PL
PLACENTIA CA 92870 1523

I HAVE A PICTURE OF HIM IN UNIFORM IF YOU WANT A COPY

By: Mike Campfield

Mike Campfield — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 23:42:16 +0000

Looking for info on Piotr p Tolusciak
He was a pilot for the french Esc BR 39
and with 16 Eksrada with Haller’s army 19-21
and as a pilot for the USMC 22-25

any info or picture would be great

regards

By: Bernd Wujak

Bernd Wujak — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:41:10 +0000

Hi Melanie,

i don`t Know what my grandfather was spoke polish or german.my father was born in 1926 in Friedrichshof
(today Rozogi) in the near from Ortelsburg(now Szczytno).
my grandmother was born there in 1900, in this time the
country was german. i will look at home (i`m now on work)
if i find, where my grandfather is born. His name was
Adam wujak and he is missing in WW II

wish you all the best!

Lg
bernd

By: Melanie Pereira

Melanie Pereira — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:11:12 +0000

Bernd;
Thank-you so much! It was good of you to take the time to reply!

So would your Grandfather have spoken Polish?
How would YOU go about researching a solider (no first name known) as per my original message-who somehow ended up in what is now Ukraine. I need to find this man, and find out about the connection to my Grandmother, Uncle and Mother?

Thanks for any additional light you are able to shed on this!

Warm regards from Victoria, BC Canada!

Melanie

By: Bernd Wujak

Bernd Wujak — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:53:35 +0000

to
Melanie Pereira

(My question: Is WUJAK a correct spelling? What Nationality might that be? Is there any way you can think of that I could find out who this man – MY GRANDFATHER – was? COULD he have been in Haller’s Army? )

hi, i see today your message on

What’s Past is Prologue

the name is coming from east prussia, today polonia.my father and grandfather was born there

greetings from germany

bernd wujak

By: Edward Goldstein

Edward Goldstein — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:37:04 +0000

While Haller’s Army was in France most of its members did, indeed, come from the United States and Canada. But it also contained:
➢ Remnants of the Bayonne Legion, consisting of Polish members of the French Foreign Legion; this unit had suffered severe casualties earlier in the war.
➢ Remnants of one division of the Polish Legion under Haller’s command; it had fought on Germany’s side, then participated in the chaotic warfare that followed the Bolshevik revolution. With British help, they made their way to France via Murmansk.
➢ Poles from South America, predominantly Brazil.

After its move to Poland after the 1918 Armistice, however, it filled its ranks with:
➢ Poles conscripted by the government of newly independent Poland.
➢ Other units of the Polish Army, mainly those manned by Polish soldiers who had served in other armies during the war.
➢ Volunteers from within Poland.
➢ Volunteers recruited in Allied POW camps, mostly Poles who had fought in the Austrian army and been captured by the Italian army.

It is not clear how much action the North American recruits saw in Poland. According to Stanley R. Pliska’s article, “The Polish American Army,” published in The Polish Review, Summer 1965:

“even during the most trying days of the Bolshevik invasion, the Army was not called into action. Thousands of its soldiers idled away lonely hours awaiting return to the United States. … The Polish government had no means to transport them back to the United States; the Polish organizations in the United States were unable to finance the passages; and the United States government had no jurisdiction over them.

“When all appeared lost, [a bill passed the American Congress] which would permit the Atlantic Transport Fleet to bring these men back to the United States. The disabled and those over 55 years of age—and there were ninety of these—returned earlier. The real return of the Polish-American segment of this army did not begin till April 1920 when 1,166 veterans reached Fort Dix, New Jersey. From this date on through Feb-ruary 1921 some 19,000 returned in seven separate trans-ports. Of their own choosing, 5,000 of the “Americans” de-cided to remain in Poland. [Most of them evenutally decided to return to America.]“

By: Melanie Pereira

Melanie Pereira — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:22:55 +0000

Sorry, Donna- I missed that!
Melanie

By: djpoint

djpoint — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:10:17 +0000

Melanie,

This isn’t Paul’s page – he merely left a comment like you did.

Donna