Edmund Szymczak: 'I am proud to be here'
One-hundred-year-old Edmund Szymczak was shot three times in World War Two.
Born in Poland, he fought at the 1944 Battle of Monte Cassino for the Polish Army, which was under British control.
Szymczak moved to England after the war, and he lives in Kidderminster where he is a leading figure in the town's Polish community.
We Were There aims to collect as many first-hand accounts as possible by 2025, the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two, to preserve veterans' accounts for future generations.
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