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 **** " COURAGE ON DISPLAY " **** Rita Cosby Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney And Warsaw Upriser Julian Kulski 2nd Lt Szymon Marcinow, Polish Consul General, Urszula Gacek And TV Host, Rita Cosby, Presenting Move America Forward Care Packages, Being Sent To U.S. Troops The powerful alliance between America and Poland was highlighted at this month’s beautiful re dedication ceremony in Brooklyn, New York for the first memorial honoring the Warsaw Uprising in the United States. American Flag Flying Over The Warsaw Uprising Mural Tomaczek Bednarek Performs The National Anthem Greg Fryc  Heroes from the 63 days of fighting were honored on the 71st anniversary of their historic battle, the largest citizens resistance against the Germans in WWII. In Greenpoint, about a thousand people joined Warsaw Uprisers, dignitaries and celebrities such as singer Tomaczek Bednarek and TV and Radio Star Rita Cosby, who’s own fath...

**** THE DEATH OF THE QUIET HERO ****  Rita Cosby With Dad Richard Cosby 86 year old Richard Cosby, the father of TV news star Rita Cosby, and the focus of her highly acclaimed bestselling book, passed away June 25th, after losing his final battle to cancer. Richard Cosby was an incredible and humble man, a true role model and real survivor. As featured in “Quiet Hero: Secrets From My Father's Past,” Cosby became a teenage Polish Resistance fighter against the Nazis. After being seriously injured, he was thrown at the butt of a rifle into a boxcar and hauled into a German POW camp, where he escaped and was saved by US troops. In recent years, he was recognized by the prestigious Medal of Honor Society, and then received the Americanism Award by the Daughters of The American Revolution, for which he gave a riveting speech in Constitution Hall about the vital role of women in of the Warsaw Uprising, who uniquely served as critical messengers and exceptional shar...

**** "RITA'S STORY IS ONE THAT WILL TOUCH EVERY FAMILY.... A LOVING, POIGNANT TRIBUTE TO HER POW FATHER AND FREEDOM" ----SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN **** Rita Cosby's Quiet Hero Emmy-winning journalist and New York Times Best selling author Rita Cosby uncovers her father's history as a World War II POW and forges a stronger relationship with him in this poignant narrative. Rita Cosby has always asked the tough questions in her interviews with the world's top newsmakers. Now, in a compelling and powerful memoir, she reveals how she uncovered an amazing personal story of heroism and courage, the untold secrets of a man she has known all her life: her father.Years after her mother's tragic death, Rita finally got the nerve to sort through her mother's stored belongings, never dreaming what a dramatic story was waiting for her. Opening a battered tan suitcase, she discovered it belonged to her father the enigmatic man who had divorced her mother and left when Rit...