About Leonard Mociulschi
Leonard Mociulschi (Romanian pronunciation: [le.oˈnard moˈt͡ʃjul.ski]) (Leonard Moczulski) (27 March 1889 – 15 April 1979) was a Romanian Major General of Polish origin during World War II. == Biography == === Early days === Mociulschi was born in Siminicea, Botoșani County (now in Suceava County), a descendant of Polish nobility that had been naturalized Romanian citizens. He started his military career with the 13th Regiment in Iași, and in 1910 he pursued his military training in Bucharest, at the Infantry Officers' School. Upon graduating in 1912 with the rank of Second Lieutenant (Sublocotonent), he was assigned as a platoon commander with the 8th Infantry Regiment in Botoșani. In 1913 he took part in the Second Balkan War. === World War I and the interwar === In 1916, at the beginning of the Romanian campaign of World War I, Mociulschi was in command of the 10th Company of the 29th Infantry Regiment (Dorohoi), holding the rank of lieutenant. Mociulschi participated in the Battle of Transylvania with the North Army and fought at the First Battle of Oituz in the fall of 1916. In the summer of 1917, he fought at the Battle of Mărășești with the Romanian 2nd Army. For his valor during the Oituz and Soveja battles he was decorated by King Ferdinand I of Romania and General Henri Mathias Berthelot, the commander of the French Military Mission in Romania, and promoted to the rank of captain. After the end of the war, Mociulschi was promoted to major, and in 1932 he was given the command of a mountain battalion in Sighetu Marmației, with the rank of lieutenant colonel. In 1937 Mociulschi was promoted to colonel.
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