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During the World War One, he was not drafted in the tsarist army as he was the eldest in the family. In 1919 during the civil war in Russia [2], Lithuania founded volunteers’ army to fight for the independence from Russia. Father joined the army. I struggled against Red army regiments, Poles and Germans and finally Lithuania got independence [3]. Father took part in the battles and was even wounded on the cheek. He had the medals and orders. When Lithuania got independence, all volunteers got land plots. Father was given 8 hectares in Plunge.
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Lithuania
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Yakov Bunke