03-28-2013, 09:14 PM
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[SIZE="3"]Citation for his other Order of the Red Star, #771116, conferred earlier, and Award List.
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Award sheet
Last name, first name and patronymic: Vakurov, Ivan Stepanovich
Military rank: Battalion Commissar
Position and unit: Military commissar in the staff of the Air Forces of the 10th Army
Nominated for: Order of the Red Star
1. Year of birth: 1907
2. Nationality: Russian
3. Since when in the Red Army: 1935
4. Party affiliation: Member of the Communist Party since 1928
5. Participation in combat (where and when): No
6. Wounds and contusions received: No
7. Awards received previously (for which merits): None
8. Drafted by which military commissariat: Career officer
9. Permanent home address (of the prospective awardee or his family): ______________
Short, concrete description of his combat feat or merits:
Comrade Vakurov has been serving in the Active Red Army since July 15, 1941 as the military commissar of the Air Forces of the 28th Mixed Aviation Division.
Throughout the fighting with Germanic fascism he showed himself a bold and decisive commissar, possessing a thorough understanding of his specialty. He delves deeply into the staff’s operational duties and performs a great deal of work to train the headquarters personnel and make them work more closely together. As a result, the staff is a well-coordinated combat entity, capable of working in any condition or situation.
Comrade Vakurov is in close contact with the masses, who consider him a professional and political authority. In complex situations he is capable of leading troops in combat and carrying out the assigned task, as was the case near the city of Novgorod-Seversky, when divisional headquarters was orders to organize the defense, restore order among the various separately retreating units, and pull out any valuables that were of military significance. Here comrade Vakurov showed himself a talented organizer and demonstrated the qualities of a true commissar of Stalin; the assigned task was accomplished in time.
Conclusion: For the exemplary accomplishment of combat missions during the struggle with Germanic fascism he deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Star.
Commander of the Air Forces of the 10th Army
Major General of Aviation [signed] /Bogorodetsky/
Military commissar of the Air Forces of the 10th Army
Senior Battalion Commissar [signed] /Suslov/
February 10, 1942
Comrade Vakurov deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Star.
Chief of the Political Section of the Western Front
Brigade Commissar [signed] /Makarov/
April 14, 1942
He deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Star.
Commander of the Air Forces of the Western Front
Major General of Aviation [signed] /Khudyakov/
Military commissar of the Air Forces of the Western Front
Brigade Commissar [signed] /Litvinenko/
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All fields to be filled out fully
Award sheet
Last name, first name and patronymic: Vakurov, Ivan Stepanovich
Military rank: Battalion Commissar
Position and unit: Military commissar in the staff of the Air Forces of the 10th Army
Nominated for: Order of the Red Star
1. Year of birth: 1907
2. Nationality: Russian
3. Since when in the Red Army: 1935
4. Party affiliation: Member of the Communist Party since 1928
5. Participation in combat (where and when): No
6. Wounds and contusions received: No
7. Awards received previously (for which merits): None
8. Drafted by which military commissariat: Career officer
9. Permanent home address (of the prospective awardee or his family): ______________
Short, concrete description of his combat feat or merits:
Comrade Vakurov has been serving in the Active Red Army since July 15, 1941 as the military commissar of the Air Forces of the 28th Mixed Aviation Division.
Throughout the fighting with Germanic fascism he showed himself a bold and decisive commissar, possessing a thorough understanding of his specialty. He delves deeply into the staff’s operational duties and performs a great deal of work to train the headquarters personnel and make them work more closely together. As a result, the staff is a well-coordinated combat entity, capable of working in any condition or situation.
Comrade Vakurov is in close contact with the masses, who consider him a professional and political authority. In complex situations he is capable of leading troops in combat and carrying out the assigned task, as was the case near the city of Novgorod-Seversky, when divisional headquarters was orders to organize the defense, restore order among the various separately retreating units, and pull out any valuables that were of military significance. Here comrade Vakurov showed himself a talented organizer and demonstrated the qualities of a true commissar of Stalin; the assigned task was accomplished in time.
Conclusion: For the exemplary accomplishment of combat missions during the struggle with Germanic fascism he deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Star.
Commander of the Air Forces of the 10th Army
Major General of Aviation [signed] /Bogorodetsky/
Military commissar of the Air Forces of the 10th Army
Senior Battalion Commissar [signed] /Suslov/
February 10, 1942
Comrade Vakurov deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Star.
Chief of the Political Section of the Western Front
Brigade Commissar [signed] /Makarov/
April 14, 1942
He deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Star.
Commander of the Air Forces of the Western Front
Major General of Aviation [signed] /Khudyakov/
Military commissar of the Air Forces of the Western Front
Brigade Commissar [signed] /Litvinenko/
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