For Bravery,1115194,Tractor Platoon Commander,61st Evacuation Company

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Here is the Medal "For Bravery" #1115194.

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1. Family, Sotman,
2. Name And Patronym, Semen Zaharovich
3. Military Rank, Lieutenant
4. Sex, Male
5. Year Of Birth, 1911
6. Place Of Birth, Basnino, Vitebsk Oblast
7. Party Membership, Non-partisan
8. Education, Average
9. Nationality, Jewish
10. From Which Year In Red Army, 1941 to November 1946
11. Which Service And Position At Time Of Award, 61st Evacuation Company, 2nd Belorussian Front
12. Place Of Service And Position At Current Time, Guards Tank School - Teacher of the English language
13. Current address of awarded, Har'kov, Victory Street, House #4 Apartment #9

"Red Star" 425672 14th April 1944
"For Bravery" 1115194 17th August 1944
"Patriotic War II Class" 514294 26th May 1945

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1. Family, Name, Patronym. Sotman, Semen Zaharovich
2. Rank. Lieutenant
3. Position and unit. Commander Of A Tractor Platoon, 61st Evacuation Company, 2nd Belorussian Front
Presented For The Order "Patriotic War 2nd Class"
4. Year of birth. 1911
5. Nationality. Jewish
6. Party Membership. Non-Partisan
7. Participation in the Civil War, subsequent military activity in defence of the USSR and Patriotic War /where, when/ In the Patriotic War from month of June 1941, South-West Front from July to October 1941 from May 1942 to May 1943 Kalinin Front From July 1943 Western and 2nd Belorussian Front
8. Has been wounded, contused in Patriotic War. Not had
9. From which time in Red Army. From June 1941.
10. Which Regional Military Commissariat called. Onufriev Regional Commissariat, Kirovograd Oblast
11. Has received awards (for which distinction). Order "Red Star"

23th June 1944 while breaking the enemy defensive lines by the river Pronja and village of Zalozh'e the platoon comprised of five tractors under the command of platoon commander Lieutenant Sotman evacuated from the field of battle under enemy fire 13 mired in swamp medium tanks. All tanks were evacuated to immediately join the battle.
For all the period of offensive combat from 23rd June 1944 to 2nd July 1944 the platoon of Lieutenant Sotman evacuated from the field of battle 36 tanks and self-propelled units.
Lieutenant Sotman is worthy of the Governmental award Order "Patriotic War 2nd Class".

Commander 61st Evacuation Company Captain Novajkov

12th July 1944.

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Here is a photograph of the recipient.