Alex Polowin
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Alex Polowin
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Alexander Polowin was a Lithuanian-born Canadian Second World War veteran. Born in Lithuania, Polowin immigrated to Canada at age 3. He decided to enlist in the Royal Canadian Navy at 17 because of the experiences of his relatives in Lithuania under German occupation during the Second World War. In order to enlist he tricked his father, who could not read English, into signing a document attesting that he was 18. He initially supported convoys to the Soviet Union, but during Operation Overlord w
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Canadian marine (1924–2022)
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2022-08-20T02:08:16Z
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