Leading from the Front: The Wartime Career of Buffalo's Matt Urban

By Nick Pilozzi - January 30, 2017

Polish-Buffalonian Matthew Urban served his country gallantly during the Second World War, emerging as the most decorated combat veteran in U.S. history.

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