01-27-2003, 04:11 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-27-2003, 01:29 PM by slava1stclass.)
Dave,
COL Govorov is also on my list. He's definitely not MSU Govorov. As for the lack of LOM authority documentation for Rokossovskiy, Meretskov, Eremenko, Govorov, Vasilevskiy and quite possibly Bagramayan and Malinovskiy, I would think that if I can't find them when I review the WD GOs for 1946, 1947 and possibly 1948, then they were likely awarded via the MMM. I'm not certain where the repository for MMM records resides.
The only connection State Department might have in this matter were to be if the MMM was disbanded at some point. The U.S. Defense Attache to Moscow, as the senior military representative to the U.S. Ambassador, would then have been charged with presenting the awards to the officers concerned with the awarding authority being either the WD or the Department of the Army. My information concerning the additional awards of the DSC to Red Army personnel (to include my man) came via MMM GOs whereas the first 20 DSCs to the Russians (including Chuikov's) were via WD GO.
If you review pictures of Generals/Marshals taken at the 24 June 1945 Victory Parade in Moscow, you'll see several with the LOM in the degree of Commander wearing the badge pinned to their VP uniforms as you described above for Konev.
Once again, great info ref the photographic confirmation. The search for written documentation continues.
Regards,
slava1stclass
COL Govorov is also on my list. He's definitely not MSU Govorov. As for the lack of LOM authority documentation for Rokossovskiy, Meretskov, Eremenko, Govorov, Vasilevskiy and quite possibly Bagramayan and Malinovskiy, I would think that if I can't find them when I review the WD GOs for 1946, 1947 and possibly 1948, then they were likely awarded via the MMM. I'm not certain where the repository for MMM records resides.
The only connection State Department might have in this matter were to be if the MMM was disbanded at some point. The U.S. Defense Attache to Moscow, as the senior military representative to the U.S. Ambassador, would then have been charged with presenting the awards to the officers concerned with the awarding authority being either the WD or the Department of the Army. My information concerning the additional awards of the DSC to Red Army personnel (to include my man) came via MMM GOs whereas the first 20 DSCs to the Russians (including Chuikov's) were via WD GO.
If you review pictures of Generals/Marshals taken at the 24 June 1945 Victory Parade in Moscow, you'll see several with the LOM in the degree of Commander wearing the badge pinned to their VP uniforms as you described above for Konev.
Once again, great info ref the photographic confirmation. The search for written documentation continues.
Regards,
slava1stclass
