Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes, I forgot to tell you.
Mr. JENNER. Did you volunteer?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes. I was mobilized by the Polish Army in
1939--since being a candidate officer, I was mobilized by the Polish
Army, got the papers in 1939 that I have to return to New York, and I
did return to New York in 1939. That was just exactly after my Texas
experience with the Humble Oil Co.
Mr. JENNER. Your Louisiana experience?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Louisiana, Texas, the same company. And it was
just--I was intending to return to Poland, because my father was
there--I had very close connection with my father. Somehow I felt maybe
it was my duty to be in the Polish Army.
And it was too late. The last boat, Battory, which took the people--I
never arrived in Poland.
I reported to the Polish Embassy here in Washington. It was too late
to join the Polish Army. Maybe all for the best, because I probably
wouldn't be alive today.