Award sheet
1. Last name, first name and patronymic:
Tishchenko, Ivan Afanasyevich
2. Rank: Private
3. Duty position and unit: Lineman in the 60th Independent Order of the Red Star Signals Battalion
Nominated for:
Order of the Red Star
4. Year of birth: 1909
5. Nationality: Ukrainian
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): With the 4th Ukrainian Front in 1943, with the 2nd Ukrainian Front since October 1944
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: Lightly wounded twice: in March and in January 1944
9. Since when in the Red Army: Since 1941
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Starobeshevo Raion, Stalin Oblast
11. Which earlier awards (for which merits): None
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and the address of his family: Abilino Station, Starobeshevo Raion, Stalin Oblast. Wife: Ulyana Samuilovna Tishchenko
Short, concrete description of the personal combat feat or merits:
On April 13, 1945 he was servicing a section of a telephone cable near Govorany [B][I][Hovorany] and height 266. Disregarding the enemy artillery and mortar fire he supported the uninterrupted communications between the commander of the 110th Mountain Rifle Division and the command of the 49th Bucharest Rifle Corps in the course of twenty-four hours.
On April 24, 1945, north of Otnice, he repaired 4 breaks in a telephone cable in the course of fifteen minutes under enemy artillery fire, despite looming danger to life. He then fitted a bypass line to support the communications with the command.
Furthermore, comrade I.A. Tishchenko was lightly wounded twice during the fighting for the socialist motherland: in March 1943 near Tiraspol and in January 1944 near Melitopol while serving with the 4th Ukrainian Front.
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Conclusion: he deserves the Order of the Red Star.
Commander of the 60th Independent Order of the Red Star Signals Battalion
Major [signed] /Kogan/
May 16, 1945
He deserves the Order of the Red Star.
Commander of the 49th Bucharest Rifle Corps
Lieutenant General [signed] /Terentyev/
May 17, 1945
Awarded the Order of the Red Star by Order of the 49th Bucharest Rifle Corps nr. 029/N of May 21, 1945.
Assistant chief of the Personnel Section of the 49th Bucharest Rifle Corps
Captain [signed] /Spivak/
