|
vBClassified Featured Listings | ||||||
|
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
01-16-2008, 01:09 AM | #1 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Age: 59
Posts: 343
|
Glory III,244963,Rifleman,49th Guards Rifle Regiment,Hungary
I just have to share this one that came in recently. This is my first Glory III award for fighting in Hungary and one of the better citations I have. This guy should have been awarded 2nd class!
Enjoy Brendan:thumbsup 1.Last name, name, and patrionymic: Korchuganov, Pavel Semenovich 2.Rank: Guards Private 3.Duty position: Rifleman - 4 Company, 2 Battalion, 149 Guards Rifle Regiment, 49 Guards Kherson Red Banner Order of Suvorov Rifle Division Short description of personal combat feat or service Comrade Korchuganov was the first of his platoon to rush into an enemy trench line in fighting for the village of Chovanka (Hungary) on 25 December 1944 and in close combat killed seven enemy soldiers and captured two. Additionally on this day while repelling an enemy counterattack, Comrade Korchuganov killed four enemy soldiers with his assigned weapon. Signed Commander, 149 Guards Rifle Regiment, Guards Colonel Tyurin on 31 December 1944 Awarded the Order of Glory III Class by Order 01-N of the 49 Guards Rifle Division dated 2 JAN 45.
__________________
"If we come to a minefield, our infantry attacks exactly as it were not there." Marshall Geogi Zhukov to General Eisenhower, 1945 |
Sponsored Links |
01-16-2008, 06:53 AM | #2 |
Forum Moderator
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Eurasia
Posts: 2,339
|
Brendan, you're making a common mistake, even for the grunts in the field back during the war.
The 2nd Class could NOT be awarded, no matter how valorous the citation, until the recipient had earned the 3d Class. If it was clearly a great feat and the recipient didn't have a 3d Class, he would have been awarded a higher award, i.e. Red Star, OPWI/II, Red Banner, Lenin, HSU. |
01-16-2008, 07:24 AM | #3 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Age: 59
Posts: 343
|
Quote:
perhaps I should have said he could have been awarded a III class for actions in the first part of the day and a II class for his actions in the later part of the day;)
__________________
"If we come to a minefield, our infantry attacks exactly as it were not there." Marshall Geogi Zhukov to General Eisenhower, 1945 |
|
09-25-2013, 12:38 PM | #4 |
Forum Administrator
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Deep In The Archives.
Age: 17
Posts: 12,074
|
Re: Glory III,244963,Hungary
Here is the original citation. An old man for a private trench hopping.
__________________
"Signed with his own rubber stamp" |
Bookmarks |
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Glory III,053055,Rifleman,16th Guards Airborne Rifle Regiment | Koopyetz | Researched Orders Of Glory | 2 | 11-21-2013 01:59 PM |
Glory III,148554,Rifleman,955th Rifle Regiment,309th Rifle Division | kiwiussr | Researched Orders Of Glory | 1 | 09-25-2013 08:19 AM |
Glory III,108815,Rifleman,1375th Rifle Regiment,Kerch Peninsula | NTAT | Researched Orders Of Glory | 13 | 09-25-2013 07:30 AM |
Glory III,009180,Anti-Tank Rifleman,338th Guards Rifle Regiment,Ternopol | ANZAC | Researched Orders Of Glory | 1 | 09-24-2013 07:32 PM |
Glory III,792221,Rifleman,815th Rifle Regiment,Wounds 1979 | patricko | Researched Orders Of Glory | 5 | 07-06-2012 09:12 PM |
$775.00
Original WWII Bronze Star Medal In Original 1944 Box
$24.99
$22.95
FULL SIZE COLD WAR VICTORY SERVICE MEDAL with RIBBON
$27.95
WW 2 AIR MEDAL IN CASE WITH RIBBON BAR and lapel pin
$59.98
Chernobyl Medal. 1986. Authentic
$18.99
3 WWII US Medal set - American & Asiatic Pacific Theater Service - WW2 Campaign
$51.95
United States Marine Corps Combat Action Medal with Ribbon
$22.95
WW1 New York State Service Medal 9156---SEE STORE LOT MORE OWNED BY NAVY SAILOR
$29.99
NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL & RIBBON SET MILITARY GI ISSUE W/ORG BOX NDSM NEW
$12.99