For Combat Merits,3013963,Head Of Army Storage Warehouse #2956,18th Army

[Bill Garvy]

Order Book

[Bill Garvy]

[SIZE="3"]Award List

1. Full Name: KORSUN, Mariya Trofimovna
2. Rank: Private
3. Job Title: Head of Army Storage Warehouse “2956”

Application for the Award Medal “For Combat Service”

4. Date of Birth: 1924
5. Nationality: Ukrainian
6. Party Membership: Member Komsomol
7. Participation in combat: In the Patriotic War since 1942
8. Wounds or shell-shock: No
9. Time in the Red Army:
10. Inducted by: Gelendzhik, Krasnodar Krai
11. Earlier Awards: Not awarded
12. Home of Record: (intentionally deleted)


Short description of personal combat feat or service:

Private Korsun Mariya Trofinovna has been in the position of Head of the Repository since May, 1944 and performs obligations as Chef Service. With the work entrusted she copes well. Diligent initiative, the young woman loves her job. All her cooked food is always good, she shows great initiative, her food is prepared with diversity. In the field and moving rapidly to overcome household difficulties, and continuously during prepares food, with no complaints.

Disciplined conscientious hard working young woman Private. Deserves the government award:

Medal “For Combat Service”

Chief of Army Warehouses
Captain Tynskiy
June 18th, 1945


Worthy of the government award “For Combat Service”
Head of Troops 18th Army
Colonel Nekrasov

June 24th, 1945


Conclusion of Soviet Military
Worthy of the government award “For Combat Service”
Commander of Troops 18th Army Guards Major-General Klement’yev
Military Council Member Major-General Kolonin

June 28th, 1945

(Stamped) Award List Troops 18th Army on June 28th, 1945
Order Number 0341/N
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[Bill Garvy]

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Troops 18th Army

June 28th, 1945 No. 0341/N

5. Private KORSUN Mariya Trofimovna Head of the Army Storage Warehouse “2956”

Commander of Troops 18th Army Guards Major-General Klement’yev

Military Council Member Major-General Kolonin

Chief of Staff Army Colonel Soloveykin

Head of Human Resources Colonel Katerushin

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[Bill Garvy]

[SIZE="3"]Private Mariya Trofimovna Korsun's Combat Service Medal, #3013963, and a photograph alleged to be Private Korsun.

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[Al-muell]

1. Full Name: KORSUN, Mariya Fedorovna

Actually Trofimovna

Disciplined conscientious hard working young woman Private.

Not a mistake, but I would say "devushka" is closer "girl" than "woman". Interesting that this word was used in an official document

[Bill Garvy]

Thank you, I have made the necessary corrections to her name in the posts. I thought the use of "девушка" of interest, however the fact remained, Private Korsun was young, only 20 or 21 years old at the time. She was also alive in 1985 and would have only been 60 or 61 years old when she received her Jubilee Order of the Patriotic War in 2nd Class, although given the spelling of her middle name here, Тимофеевна, this may be for another person entirely.

[CtahhR]

It may be a case that she got her '85 with a married name. Unfortunately there is a selection of 58 Мария Трофимовнаs currently.