Wiem, że był dowódcą plutonu już od bitwy w Ardenach, ale to nic nie pomaga
w szukaniu, do której konkretnie kompanii tudzież plutonu przynależał. Wiadomo
tylko, że był to 3/502nd i tyle. Poniżej trochę informacji o Zapalskim w Holandii.
Trafiłem na Zapalskiego w
O jeden most za daleko Corneliusa Ryana
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(wiem, że od tego wyszliśmy, ale przynajmniej można go wygooglować)
First Sergeant Daniel Zapalski, twenty-four, of the 502nd, "sweated out the jump;
hoping the chute was packed right; hoping the field was soft; and hoping I didn't
land in a tree". He was eager to go. Although he had not fully recovered from
a Normandy leg wound, Zapalski believed his injury "was not serious enough to
keep me from doing my normal duty". His battalion commander, the popular
Lieutenant Colonel Rober G. Cole, disagreed. He had turned down Zapalski's pleas.
Undeterred, Zapalski had bypassed Cole and obtained a written realese certifying
his combat readiness from regimental surgeon. Though Zapalski and Cole had fought
together in Normandy, the sergeant now got a "typical Cole chewing out, He called
me a fatheaded Polack, impractical, burdensome and unreasonable." But he let
Zapalski go.
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D-Day with the Screaming Eagles George'a E. Koskimaki'ego.