Gwiazda's father was a sailor of the Riverine Flotilla of the Polish Navy, stationed in Pińsk (now Belarus), where the family moved in 1939, a few months before the outbreak of World War II.
Lack of roads and railways posed a serious danger to infantry and cavalry that could easily be cut off both by the enemy and the weather.
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Its possible use was also in the Riverine Flotila in Pińsk.