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I am trying to gather some information on behalf of my wife, Jurate Vitkunaite-Reilly, and our children. Her grandfather was LtCol Marijonas Vitkunas, Communications Battalion/instructor at Kaunas Polytechnical Institute. MV removed his family from Lithuania to the west in the face of the 2nd Red front & eventually was brought out to Australia by AV. A cousin was the Rev. Fr. Gustavas Vitkauskas (Gustaw Witkowsky) a Catholic priest working in Poland & executed by the Nazis, recognized by the Church as a martyr. His elder son, Alfredas Vitkunas age c. 82, is my father-in-law. One of AV’s cousins was the Los Alamos scientist Romas Shatas (Šatas) who died some years ago. His name apparently differentiated quite early from that of LtGen Vincas Vitkauskas who surrendered Lithuania to the Red Army.
(cf http://www.generals.dk/general/Vitkauskas/Vincas/Lithuania.html). Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
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