For Combat Merits,2093955,Telephonist,233rd Separate Battlion Of Communications

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Here is the Medal "For Combat Merits" #2093955.

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1. Family, Shevtsov,
2. Name And Patronym, Askol'd Ivanovich
3. Military Rank, Corporal
4. Sex, Male
5. Year Of Birth, 1926
6. Place Of Birth, Krasnograd
7. Party Membership, Non-Partisan.
8. Education, None
9. Nationality, Ukrainian
10. From Which Year In Red Army, 31944
11. Which Service And Position At Time Of Award, 126th Rifle Division, 233rd Separate Battalion Of Communications - Telephonist
12. Place Of Service And Position At Current Time, 28th Mechanised Division, 233rd Separate Battalion Of Communications, Head Of Air Mail
13. Current address of awarded, Har'kov. Garshina Street #6 Apartment 21.

"Glory III Class" 472894 7th March 1945
For Combat Merits 2093955 19th March 1945

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1. Family, Name, Patronym. Shevtsov, Askol'd Ivanovich
2. Rank. Private
3. Position and unit. Telephonist 233rd Separate Battalion Of Communications, 126th Rifle Goplov 2 Times Red Banner Order Suvurov Division
Presented For Award Of The Medal "For Combat Merits".
4. Year of birth. 1926
5. Nationality. Ukrainian
6. Party Membership. Non-Partisan
7. Participation in the Civil War, subsequent military activity in defence of the USSR and Patriotic War /where, when/ Since the liberation of Lithuania in the staff of 126th Rifle Division.
8. Has been wounded, contused in Patriotic War. Not had
9. From which time in Red Army. 25th February 1944.
10. Which Regional Military Commissariat called. Koganov Regional Military Commissariat, Har'kov.
11. Has received awards (for which distinction). Not awarded

In the period of offensive battle with German occupiers for the observation point on 31st January 1945 at Rengl'es Comrade Shevtsov was the line supervisor for the main line of the command of the division with the commander of 366th Rifle Regiment an in the moment of heavy artillery-mortar fire eliminated in the line 12 breaks and therefore made uninterrupted communication from the commander of the division with the regimental commander.
Breaks eliminated on the line by Comrade Shevtsov in 10, 15 Minutes.

Worthy of the governmental award Medal "For Combat Merits".

Commander 233rd Separate Battalion Of Communications Captain Krutov.

21st February 1945