09-01-2008, 07:39 AM
I picked up in a Tashkent bazaar a set of originals (including old notorized copies) and xerox copies for one man. Once I got it home and actually read through what I had, it turned out to be very interesting. It contained the cable sent to his family in January '44 reporting he had been killed the previous November '43. It also contained later docs such as his post-war военный билет (last date was '63) and earlier "Red Army Man" book (copies), jubilee medal docs and BM doc (copies), Liberation of Ukraine znachok doc (original), some certs of military training (copies and originals), and a couple of his wife's docs. A very interesting find...! That must have been one very happy family when they realized their boy hadn't really been killed! He lived at least until the 1990's because I've got that LibUkraine doc and a copy of the 50th Jubilee of the war doc from Uzbekistan.
I've attached a scan of the KIA notification doc and a scan of a copy of a later doc that I believe certifies that he had received wounds in May '44.
I've attached a scan of the KIA notification doc and a scan of a copy of a later doc that I believe certifies that he had received wounds in May '44.
