For Combat Merits,0668494,Typesetter,Army Newspaper "Patriotic Son"

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Here is the For Combat Merits" #668494.

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1. Family, Skarleto
2. Name And Patronym, Nester Ivanovich
3. Military Rank, Private
4. Sex, Male
5. Year Of Birth, 1889
6. Place Of Birth, Odessa
7. Party Membership, Non-Partisan
8. Education, None
9. Nationality, Ukrainian
10. From Which Year In Red Army, From 08-1941
11. Which Service And Position At Time Of Award, Typesetter Newspaper of the 51st Army
12. Place Of Service And Position At Current Time, Typesetter Newspaper "Defender Of The Nation", Odessa Military Okrug
13. Current address of awarded, Odessa, Malorossijsk Street #53 Apartment 6.

Red Star 1801292 21-05-1945
For Combat Merits 668494 30-08-1943
For The Defence Of Odessa
For The Defence Of Stalingrad
For Victory Over Germany

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1. Family, Name, Patronym. Skorlato, Nestor Ivanovich
2. Rank. Guards Red Army Soldier
3. Position and unit. Typesetter, Army Newspaper "Patriotic Son"
Presented For The Medal "For Combat Merits"
4. Year of birth. 1889
5. Nationality. Russian
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 August 1941
8. Has been wounded, contused in Patriotic War. Not had
9. From which time in Red Army. From August 1941.
10. Which Regional Military Commissariat called. Odessa City Military Commissariat, Ukrainian SSR.
11. Has received awards (for which distinction). The Medals "For The Defence Of Stalingrad And Odessa"
12. Current home address of presented for award and address of their family
Address of family unknown

Comrade Skorlato transferred to work as a typesetter from the 390th Division to the Army Newspaper "Patriotic Son" in March 1942. As with the divisional newspaper, also with the army newspaper showed himself as an exclusively good worker, despite of advanced age (54 years), surpassed rates of setting and produced excellent quality products.
Disciplined, Industrious.
In combat situations conducts himself bravely. In the time of aerial bombardment typed material for the newspaper, without stopping work.
In the days of Kotelnikovo and subsequent battle worked day and night to issue agitative literature to advancing forces.
Presenting Comrade Skorlato for award of the Medal "For Combat Merits"
Editor Of the Newspaper "Patriotic Son"
Lieutenant-Colonel Zhukov
15-08-1943