[The Wilkes Barre Record, Wilkes Barre, PA, Tuesday, September 26, 1948, Page 18

Bronze Star Awarded
   To Sgt Paul Demciak

   Paul Demciak, rear 78 Amber Lane, has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal with "V" award by the commanding general of he 82nd Airborne Division.  It was announced by the district executive of the Eastern Pennsylvania Military District.
   Shortly after 1 a.m. on June 6, 1944, D-Day, in Normandy, France, Demciak was dropped as a member of a small Pathfinder Team with equipment and apparatus for guiding the incoming parachute and glider lifts of a mighty armada of airborne elements to designated drop and landing zones.  He was taken prisoner by the Germans that day and escaped in September, 1944, and made his way to Naples, Italy, and from there returned to the United States.
   Sergeant Demciak entered the service in November 1943 and received training in a Parachute Infantry Unit before being sent overseas in December 1943.  He was awarded the Normandy battle star and one bronze arrowhead for his European Theater ribbon.  His other awards and decorations include the Purple Heart with one Oak Leaf Cluster, Distinguished Unit Badge, Combat Infantryman Badge, American Theatre ribbon and the World War II Victory Medal.