In 1939, Irena Gut (later Irene Gut Opdyke), was thrust into the war effort as a 17-year old nursing student in Radom, Poland. She was drafted to provide medical care to retreating Polish soldiers and accompanied them to Kaunas (Kovno), Lithuania. There, Gut learned that the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany had carved out Poland … Continue reading Irene Gut Opdyke