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Red Star,2692657,Telephone Operator,117th Guards Rifle Division,Berlin - patricko - 07-17-2012
Record card
Order booklet nr. A-604796
1. Last name: Pugach
2. First name and patronymic: Prokofy Dementyevich
3. Military rank: Guards Private
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1907
6. Place of birth: Village of Ugrinovka, Khmelnitsky Raion, Vinnitsa Oblast
7. Party membership (since which year): Not a party member
8. Education: Elementary
9. Nationality: Ukrainian
10. Since which year in the Red Army: From March 1944 to October 1945
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and duty position at the time of the award: Telephone operator in the 305th Guards Artillery Regiment, 117th Guards Rifle Division
12. Current place of service and duty position: Kolkhoz farmer at the “13-letiye Oktyabrya” Kolkhoz, village of Ugrinovka, Khmelnitsky Raion, Vinnitsa Oblast
13. Home address of the awardee: Village of Ugrinovka, Khmelnitsky Raion, Vinnitsa Oblast
14: Record of all awards presented:
Order of the Red Star 2692657 Order booklet nr. A-604796 Order of the 117th Guards Rifle Division nr. 034/N of May 16, 1945
Medal for Bravery 2692657 [sic !] Order of the 305th Guards Rifle Regiment nr. 011/N of October 27, 1944
Signature of the awardee: [signed]
I confirm the correctness of the data and the signature of the awardee:
Military commissar of the Vinnitsa Oblast
Colonel [signed] / Boltrushko /
April 1, 1947
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Order
Secret
Copy nr. 2
Copy nr. 2
[Stamp: “1st Ukrainian Front”]
Order nr. 011
Of the 305th Guards Artillery Regiment, 117th Guards Berdichev Rifle Division,
13th Army, 1st Ukrainian Front
October 27, 1944 – Active Army
Of the 305th Guards Artillery Regiment, 117th Guards Berdichev Rifle Division,
13th Army, 1st Ukrainian Front
October 27, 1944 – Active Army
On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, I award:
The Medal for Bravery to:
[…]
34. Guards Private Prokofy Dementyevich Pugach, telephone operator in the 5th Battery, for the fact that he during the fighting for the city of Rzeszów repeatedly under enemy fire restored the telephone cable and repaired breaks in the telephone cable, which guaranteed the uninterrupted communications.
[INDENT]Born in 1907, Ukrainian, not a party member, in the Red Army since 1944, drafted by the Military Commissariat of the Khmelnitsky Raion, Vinnitsa Oblast, serving at the front during the Patriotic War since 1944. Wounded on April 10, 1944. Not decorated previously. Home address: ______________[/INDENT]
[…]
Commander of the 305th Guards Artillery Regiment
Guards Colonel [signed] / Karpov /
Chief of staff of the 305th Guards Artillery Regiment
Guards Major [signed] / Yevstigneyev /
Red Star,2692657,Telephone Operator,117th Guards Rifle Division,Berlin - patricko - 07-17-2012
Rzeszów = Rzeszów, Rzeszów County, Voïvodie des Basses-Carpates, Poland
50° 03′ N 22° 00′ E
Lvov-Sandomierz Operation
Red Star,2692657,Telephone Operator,117th Guards Rifle Division,Berlin - patricko - 07-17-2012
Пугач, Прокофий Дементьевич ' Medal for Bravery
Red Star,2692657,Telephone Operator,117th Guards Rifle Division,Berlin - patricko - 07-17-2012
Пугач, Прокофий Дементьевич ' Booklet
Red Star,2692657,Telephone Operator,117th Guards Rifle Division,Berlin - patricko - 07-17-2012
Award sheet
1. Last name, first name and patronymic: Pugach, Prokofy Dementiyevich
2. Rank: Guards Private
3. Duty position and unit: Telephone operator in the 5th Battery of the 305th Guards Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Artillery Regiment, 117th Guards Berdichev Rifle Division
Nominated for: Order of the Red Star
4. Year of birth: 1907
5. Nationality: Russian
6. Party affiliation: Not a party member
7. Participation in the Civil War, the following combat actions for the defense of the USSR and the Patriotic War (where and when): Since 1944 with the 1st Ukrainian Front
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: No
9. Since when in the Red Army: 1944
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Khmelnitsky Raion, Vinnitsa Oblast
11. Which earlier awards (for which merits): Medal for Bravery by Order of the 305th Guards Artillery Regiment nr. 011/N of October 27, 1944
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and the address of his family: ______________
Short, concrete description of the personal combat feat or merits:
On April 18, 1945, while breaking through the German defenses along the Neisse River, comrade Pugach under direct enemy fire repaired 10 breaks in the telephone cable, which enabled the battery to open destructive fire on the enemy infantry and vehicles.
On April 22, 1945, during the liquidation of the encircled enemy troops southeast of Alt-Duben, comrade Pugach, disregarding his own safety, repaired 11 breaks in the telephone cable under enemy fire, which guaranteed the uninterrupted communications between the observation post and the command post. Thanks to his courageous feat in guaranteeing the communications, the battery killed up to 50 Germans, destroyed 2 mortars and suppressed the fire of 4 firing positions.
He deserves the Order of the Red Star.
Commander of the 305th Guards Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Artillery Regiment
Guards Major [signed] / Gugushkin /
May 15, 1945
Note
By Order of the 117th Guards Berdichev Rifle Division nr. 034/N of May 16, 1945 awarded the Order of the Red Star.
Chief of the Personnel Section of the division
Guards Major of Administrative Service [signed] / Unzhakov /
May 19, 1945
Red Star,2692657,Telephone Operator,117th Guards Rifle Division,Berlin - patricko - 07-17-2012
Order
Secret
Copy nr. 2
Copy nr. 2
Order
Of the 117th Guards Berdichev Rifle Division
May 16, 1945 – Nr. 034/N – Active Army
Of the 117th Guards Berdichev Rifle Division
May 16, 1945 – Nr. 034/N – Active Army
On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, for exemplary accomplishment of the command’s combat missions in the struggle with the German invaders and the hereby displayed bravery and courage, I award:
The Order of the Red Star to:
[…]
13. Guards Private Prokopy Dementiyevich Pugach, telephone operator in the 5th Battery of the 305th Guards Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Artillery Regiment
[…]
Commander of the 117th Berdichev Guards Rifle Division
Guards Major General [signed] / Volkovich /
Red Star,2692657,Telephone Operator,117th Guards Rifle Division,Berlin - patricko - 07-17-2012
Duben
51° 53′ 50″ N 13° 48′ 22″ E
Red Star,2692657,Telephone Operator,117th Guards Rifle Division,Berlin - patricko - 07-17-2012
Пугач, Прокофий Дементьевич ' ORS
Red Star,2692657,Telephone Operator,117th Guards Rifle Division,Berlin - medals73 - 07-17-2012
"Interesting" obliterative editing here. :mad: