Rudnisky, William. (Rudnick, Wasel; Rodniski); b. August 27, 1916, Boston, Massachusetts; Single; Actor and Seaman; YCL 1936; No Passport issued; Domicile 212 H Street North West, Washington, District of Columbia, and 1089 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York; Sailed October 28, 1937 aboard the City of Hamburg; Arrived in Spain via Massanet on November 14, 1937 worked his way to Spain; Served with the John Brown Artillery 2nd Group, 14th Battery; Deserted and made his way to Gibraltar, on April 15, 1938 he stowed away aboard the Exemelia joining deserters Hugh Larkin, Francis Fender, John Castronuovo, and Micheal Castronuovo; Returned to the US on May 5, 1938 as a stowaway aboard the Examelia; WWII US Army, enlisted October 7, 1942; d. April 20, 2001, Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana; Wife Valeda Hauschild Rudnisky.

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Sources: Sail; Scope of Soviet Activity; Cadre, Figueres List; Inventory North Americans (under Besante); RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 977, ll. 29-31; L-W Tree Ancestry. Code A