Mieczyslaw Stanislaus (Mitchell Stanley) SOKOL

   General Notes:

MITCHELL WAS BORN MIECZYSLAW AND CALLED MITCHELL(MICHEL) WHICH IS THE POLISH SP ELLING FOR MICHAEL.HE USED THE NAME MIKE AND SHORTENED THE LAST NAME TO SOKOL F ROM SOKOLOWSKI.
HE ATTENDED VISITATION H.S. IN DETROIT FOR 2 YRS, LEAVING IN 1940. HE WORKED FOR A&P TEA COMPANY, WHERE AS A MERCHANDISER HE WAITED ON THE TRADE, SOLD PRODUCE, AND PKG. MERCHANDISE,AND SET UP WINDOW, FLOOR & COUNTER DISPLAYS. HE RETIRED AFTER 40 YRS. TO FLORIDA.
IN WWII, MITCHELL FOUGHT IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER, IN BOTH FRANCE & GERMANY.AS A MORTAR GUNNER HE SET UP, AIMED & FIRED EXPLOSIVE SHELLS UPON ENEMY PERSONNEL.HE RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE.

   Marriage Information:

Mieczyslaw married Dorothy G. THOMPSON, daughter of Samuel James THOMPSON and Mary Olive VINCENT, on 29 Jun 1946. (Dorothy G. THOMPSON was born on 22 Jun 1927 in Negaunee, Marquette, MI, USA and died on 21 Nov 1979.)