09-06-2010, 12:39 AM
Fantastic, and interesting! Action at Rzhev during Operation Mars in 1941 (want contentious history, read about Mats; it was concurrent with the Stalingrad offensive and commanded by Zhukov himself), referenced in a citation signed on VE day! A junior officer of the HQ who apparently acted as a super forward observer no less! And all before he was 25 or 26 years old... wow.
There's no reference to the 105th Brigade being at Rzhev (it was created in 1943), which means exactly nothing; he undoubtedly served with whatever the predicesor was or another unit with the same command. (The familiarity makes me think he knew the officer recommending him.) He was an officer - did you get a bio sheet that shows his postings through the war? Would be interesting to know.
At any rate the only thing keeping my jealousy in check is thinking that you must go through a tremendous number of RS to keep coming up with such wonderful research. (If you buy one every few months and they all just happen to be phenomenal I don't want to know! ;))
There's no reference to the 105th Brigade being at Rzhev (it was created in 1943), which means exactly nothing; he undoubtedly served with whatever the predicesor was or another unit with the same command. (The familiarity makes me think he knew the officer recommending him.) He was an officer - did you get a bio sheet that shows his postings through the war? Would be interesting to know.
At any rate the only thing keeping my jealousy in check is thinking that you must go through a tremendous number of RS to keep coming up with such wonderful research. (If you buy one every few months and they all just happen to be phenomenal I don't want to know! ;))
Steiner: "Why do you want it so badly? It's just a worthless piece of metal. Look."
