Major Eric Anderson, left, a civil affairs officer

Major Eric Anderson, left, a civil affairs officer with the 415th Civil Affairs Battalion, and Sgt. Maj. Sael Garcia, right, the 1st Infantry Division Mission Command Element sergeant major, prepare to lay flowers at the President Woodrow Wilson monument during a ceremony at Wilson Park, Poznań, Poland, July 4, 2018, to commemorate Wilson’s contributions to Poland’s independence. On Jan. 8, 1918, Wilson gave his Fourteen Points speech, which focused on a peaceful way forward from World War I. Point 13 stated, “An independent Polish state should be erected which should include the territories inhabited by indisputably Polish populations, which should be assured a free and secure access to the sea, and whose political and economic independence and territorial integrity should be guaranteed by international covenant.”