12-31-2013, 02:18 AM
The book has not yet closed on Novichenko.
The citation for his Red Banner gives a clear indication that he was a Squad Commander in the 34th Mechanised Regiment of the 10th Mechanised Division.
The incident occurred on the 1st March 1946 and it took 5 years for him to be awarded his Red Banner. Strangely the Ukaz that awards him this Red Banner is allegedly "against German invaders during the Great Patriotic War". If a German invader threw that grenade he must have had the greatest throw in history and the grenade with the longest fuse.
He also received an OPW1'85.
The citation for his Red Banner gives a clear indication that he was a Squad Commander in the 34th Mechanised Regiment of the 10th Mechanised Division.
The incident occurred on the 1st March 1946 and it took 5 years for him to be awarded his Red Banner. Strangely the Ukaz that awards him this Red Banner is allegedly "against German invaders during the Great Patriotic War". If a German invader threw that grenade he must have had the greatest throw in history and the grenade with the longest fuse.
He also received an OPW1'85.
"Signed with his own rubber stamp"












