Why Poland awarded one of its highest honors to a doctor from Augusta, Georgia

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Dr. Eve’s Polish War Service and Augusta Professorship

Dr. Paul Fitzsimmons Eve left Georgia in 1829 to learn from Europe’s top surgeons.

Then history stepped in. While in Paris, he jumped into the French revolt, but soon joined Polish forces fighting Russian rule.

As a field surgeon in 1831, Eve saved countless lives amid brutal combat, earning Poland’s Golden Cross of Honor for his bravery…

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