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Feb. 4. 2010

Show your support for the issuance of the commemorative stamp for Lt.
Colonel Matt Urban -- a Polish American World War II hero!

New developments have recently taken place in the effort led by the Polish
American Congress (PAC) to have a commemorative stamp issued for Lt. Colonel
Matt Urban.

(Background information about the effort is available at:
http://www.pac1944.org/ameragenda/urban.htm)

In the recent exchange of correspondence between Anthony J. Bajdek, Polish
American Congress’ Vice President for American Affairs and the United States
Postal Service, Terrence W. McCaffrey, Manager, Stamp Development, United
States Postal Service advised that the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee
has recently reviewed the proposal for a commemorative stamp honoring Matt
Urban. “I am pleased to inform you Lt. Colonel Matt Urban is now under
consideration for possible future stamp issuance. (…) Currently, the 2010
and 2011 stamp programs are completed, and stamp subjects for the 2012
program and subsequent years are being selected” he wrote.

To date, the Polish American Congress has collected thousands of signatures
in support of the issuance of this stamp. Per USPS request, all those
petitions are going to be forwarded within the next month or so to the USPS
for the Committee's review. After that, the collection is going to return to
the PAC.

Among the signatories are many veterans of World War II, one of whom, for
example, is Walter Stanko of Swansea, MA who served in the U. S. 9th
Infantry Division with Matt Urban. Walter has collected some 5,000
signatures of Americans living in the Naragansett Bay area of New England.

The Polish American Congress was also advised that additional petitions and
letters might be sent at any time.

Before submitting its current collection, however, the Polish American
Congress seeks to gather as many additional signatures as possible to
“freshen up the bouquet” and show the community’s support for the effort.

Please help us to honor the memory of Matt Urban (1919-1995), who is tied
with Audie Murphy for being the most decorated American combat soldier of
World War II. Murphy was honored with a USPS commemorative stamp in
1999-2000.

To make that happen, please download the petition (available at
http://www.paceasternmass.org/petition.html), collect as many signatures as
possible and return the form(s) to the Polish American Congress.

Time is now of the essence, so please make sure to return the signatures by
March 15, 2010 to:

Matt Urban Stamp Campaign
Polish American Congress
1612 K Street NW, Suite 410
Washington, DC 20006