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Military Recognition
Order of Virtuti Militari
The Silver Cross of the Military Order Virtuti Militari.This commendation is Poland's equivalent to the U.S. Medal of Honor. It is the highest military commendation issued in Poland. Its recipients are, indeed, heroes in defense of their homeland.
Recipients
Recipients with our family surname include the following:Franciszek Bienias
Jan Bienias
Jozef Bieniasz
Mieczyslaw Bieniasz
Tadeusz Bieniasz
Antoni S. Bieniaszewski
Other Notables
The following persons are noteworthy for their sacrifice in the defense of freedom.
STANISLAW BIENIASZ (US Army)
Illinois.
82nd Airborne Division.
Died 6 June 1944 during D-Day operations.
Interred in Normandy, France.
ADAM BIEMIASZ
Grabiny, Poland.
Died in December 1939 in Buchenwald concentration camp.
STEPHANIE BIENIASZ PEKALA
Glowaczowa, Poland
Killed in fighting, July 1944.
16 UNNAMED VILLAGERS
Wiewiorka, Poland
Executed on 23 March 1943
For hiding Jews and helping partisans
ANIELA WULKOWICZ
Glowaczowa, Poland
Daughter of Victoria Bieniasz Wulkowicz.
Killed in fighting, July 1944.
EDWARD BIENIASZ
Krakow, Poland
Taken prisoner by Japanese in Asia.
Japanese POW in 1944-45.
U.S. Cemetery at Normandy, France.
Sons of Stanislaw Bieniarz in World War II
THEOPHILUS BIENIASZ (U.S. Navy)
Served on battleship USS Missouri in Atlantic.
Then served on destroyer USS Van Valkenburgh in Pacific.
Saw heavy combat action in Okinawa area.
Proceeded to Japan at war's end.
EDMUND BIENIASZ (U.S.Army Air Corps)
Served in California.
Sang on radio from Hollywood USO
CASIMIR BIENIASZ (U.S. Army)
Served in military police.
Made frequent trips on SS Queen Mary escorting captured Germans to POW camps in western USA.
Nearly caught up to brother Chester in Europe on several occasions.
CHESTER BIENIASZ (U.S. Army)
Served in combat engineers unit.
Came ashore at Normandy 4 weeks after D-Day.
Built and destroyed bridges in Europe.
Saw combat in France, Belgium and Germany.
Took part in Battle of the Bulge.
Witnessed concentrations camps in Germany.
DANIEL BIENIARZ (U.S. ARMY)
Activated from Illinois National Guard.
Served with U.S. occupation forces in Europe.
Visited castles on Rhein.
Sent lovely gifts home to mother, Michalina Rak Bieniasz.
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