For Bravery,0210666,Photographer,3rd Guards Scout Artillery Section,55th Army

[Norm Braddock]

Award Card
Order Booklet V-079626
1. Last name: Yushichev
2. Name and patrionymic: Anatolii Trofimovich
3. Rank: Reserve Guards Sergeant
4. Gender: Male
5. Birthyear: 1921
6. Birthplace: Leningrad Oblast, Pashskii Region, village of Medvedevo
7. Party membership: since 1943
8. Education: elementary
9. Nationality: Russian
10. Time in Red Army: 6.1941-12.1945
11. Place of service at awarding: 3 Leningrad Breakthrough Corps, RGK, 3 Guards Independent Reconnaissance Merinskii Krasnoselskii Red Banner Artillery Battalion – Photographic Technician
12. Place of work at present: Leningrad Oblast, Pashkii Workers Cooperative - Photographer
13. Home address: Leningrad Oblast, Pashskii Region, village of Bessonovo
14. Awards:
Designation Serial Number Awarding Organization
Red Star 722.956 3 Leningrad Artiller Breakthrough Corps 20.6.44
OPWII 492.252 Same 29.4.1945
Bravery Medal 210.666 55 Army dated 10.04.1943
Medal for the Defense of Leningrad Edict dated 22.12.1942
Medal for the Capture of Berlin Edict dated 9.6.1945
Medal for Victory over Germany Edict dated 9.5.45
Verified by Pashskii Regional Military Commissariat official on 28 March 1946








Award Sheet
1. Last name, name, and patrionymic: Yushichev, Anatolii Trofimovich
2. Rank: Guards Sergeant
3. Duty position: Photographer – 3 Guards Reconnaissance Artillery Battalion
Recommendation for the Order of the Red Star
4. Born: 1921
5. In Red Army: since 1941
6. Party membership: candidate member
7. In Patriotic War: since 22.6.1941
8. Wounds or shell-shock: n/a
9. Previous awards: n/a
10. Inducted by: Ladeinopalskii Regional Military Commissariat, Leningrad Oblast
11. Previous awards: n/a
12. Home of record: Leningrad Oblast, Pasha Station, village of Pashskii Transfer
Short description of personal combat feat or accomplishment
Under heavy enemy machinegun and mortar fire in the vicinity of Pushkino on 22 February 1943, a camouflaged Comrade Yushichev capably photographed the front line of the enemy’s defense. The quality was excellent. He accomplished his mission on time.
On 24 and 26 February 1943 while photographing the enemy’s forward defensive area near Krasnii Vor, Comrade Yushichev came under enemy sniper fire.
Capably camouflaging himself and working from a prone position, he photographed the required objectives and accomplished his mission on time.
Signed Battalion Commander, Major Umanep and Chief of Staff Guards Senior Lieutenant Kropta
Awarded the Order of the Red Star, Chief of Artillery, 55 Army, Colonel Korobchenko







SECRET
Leningrad Front, 55 Army Artillery Troops Order #08/N dated 10 April 1943
On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet USSR, I award the following awards for exemplary mission accomplishment of the Command’s missions on the Front in combat with the German invaders and for displaying valor and courage.
The Bravery Medal
3. Guards Sergeant Anatolii Trofimovich Yushichev - Photographer, 3 Guards Reconnaissance Artillery Battalion
Artillery Commander, 55 Army, Colonel Korobchenko

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Here is the original citation. Also awarded an OPW1'85.