In 1944 he moved to Austria and later to Germany.[5] He worked as an interpreter in the United States Army[3][4] and played for the Kempton Šarūnas Lithuanian emigrants basketball team. He was an active war refugee sport organizer. In 1947, in Augsburg, he was nominated as the Lithuanian emigrants' Physical Education and Sports Association chairman. He spoke and read Lithuanian, Russian, Greek, French, Spanish, Italian, and English, and he had a strong command and understanding of Ancient Greek and Latin.
In 1951 he moved to the United States[4] and worked at the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), Chicago department.[3][6] Later he worked for the Red Cross.[5] He was also active in Lithuanian emigrants activities.[5] His wife was Ona Puzinauskas (1922–2021), and they had one daughter, Dalia K Puzinauskas (Wendt).[3][4] In 1987, he moved to Beverly Shores, Indiana, where he died in 1995.[4]
