Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Panguva yokurwiswa kwePoland, Szczepanik akaiswa mujeri kuLithuania uye akazosungwa nemauto eSoviet. Kubva muna 1940 kusvika muna 1942, akaiswa mujeri mumisasa yeSoviet Gulag muKozielsk neKola Peninsula. Kutevera kutanga kweRusso-German Hondo uye kusaina kweSikorski-Mayski Chibvumirano, akasunungurwa uye akabatana nePoland II Corps pasi peGeneral Władysław Anders. Somukuru mukuru (uye pakupedzisira Major) muuto rePoland, akashanda achisiyaniswa muChishanu chePoland Artillery Regiment <unk> kunyanya muhondo dzeMonte Cassino, Ancona, uye
Bologna. Akanga ari mumwe wemitezo yokutanga yamauto eAllied kupinda muBologna. Muna 1945 akagamuchira Cross of the Valorous, uye gore rakatevera rakapiwa Silver Cross of Merit ine Mapakatwa. Mukuwedzera, Szczepanik akapiwa mubayiro weItaly Cross of Military Merit naMambo weItaly nemimwe mibayiro yakawanda yePoland neBritain. Akashandawo semukuru mukuru wekubatana neRoyal Artillery Training Team, yaitungamirirwa naColonel R.R. Hoare.