Decorated several times, he received, among others, the Cross of Valor for the Warsaw Uprising, and the Military Medal (Médaille militaire) for his service in Indochina. Mr.
His memoirs, presented in this book, were collected between 2009 and 2014. Zygmunt Jatczak was appointed to the rank of Knight (Chevalier) of the Legion of Honor by the President of the Republic of France on April 3, 2017.
The honorary ceremony took place on July 7, 2017, at the Town Hall in Olsztynek. Colonel Roland Delawarde, the Embassy of the Republic of France's defense attaché, who had also served in the French Foreign Legion, decorated Mr.