But among all the heroes of the American Revolution were two great men whose names have faded from collective memory. They were not Americans, but they possessed the spirit of freedom and justice. I refer to Tadeusz Kosciuszko and Kazimierz Pulaski, two great Polish patriots whose love for freedom and liberty compelled them to sail across the vast expanse of a treacherous ocean to fight for another nation’s independence.
Source: Polish Greatness (Blog): American Independence: Polish Heroes of the Revolution