01-08-2011, 04:52 PM
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Award Recommendation
For Gun Commander, 5th Battery, 543rd Army Destroyer Anti-Tank Artillery Regiment Senior Sergeant Aleksandr Dmitrievich Tsvetkov for the Order of the Patriotic War II Class
1. Birth year: 1910
2. Nationality: Russian
3. Social standing: office worker
4. Party membership: yes
5. In the RKKA: since June 1941
6. Participation in the Civil War: n/a
7. Wounds or shell-shock: one light wound
8. Previous awards: recommended in June 1943. During winter campaign 1942/1943 from an open firing position destroyed three enemy firing positions, an anti-tank cannon, and as much as a platoon of infantry
9. Home of record: Leningrad Oblast, Efimovskii Region, Skverskii Selsovet, Skversi village
Short description of personal combat feat or accomplishment
In combat during the Dnieper river crossing and subsequent capture of Loev (Loev Region, Gomel Oblast) from 15th-17th October, 1943 while under enemy mortar and artillery fire, Gun Commander Senior Sergeant Aleksandr Dmitrievich Tsvetkov and his cannon destroyed an enemy mortar battery, a 75mm cannon battery, five heavy machineguns, seven light machineguns, and as much as an infantry of enemy infantry. These actions supported an unhindered crossing of our infantry across the Dnieper river.
Senior Sergeant Tsvetkov is deserving of the Order of the Patriotic War II Class.
Signed 543rd Army Destroyer Anti-Tank Artillery Regiment Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Goncharuk on 22nd October, 1943
Endorsed 106th Transbaikal Rifle Division Commander Colonel Vlasov and Division Artillery Commander Lieutenant Commander Mikha(?) on 22nd October, 1943
Downgraded to Order of the Red Star by 65th Army Artillery Commander General-Major of Artillery Beskin on 30th October, 1943.
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Award Recommendation
For Gun Commander, 5th Battery, 543rd Army Destroyer Anti-Tank Artillery Regiment Senior Sergeant Aleksandr Dmitrievich Tsvetkov for the Order of the Patriotic War II Class
1. Birth year: 1910
2. Nationality: Russian
3. Social standing: office worker
4. Party membership: yes
5. In the RKKA: since June 1941
6. Participation in the Civil War: n/a
7. Wounds or shell-shock: one light wound
8. Previous awards: recommended in June 1943. During winter campaign 1942/1943 from an open firing position destroyed three enemy firing positions, an anti-tank cannon, and as much as a platoon of infantry
9. Home of record: Leningrad Oblast, Efimovskii Region, Skverskii Selsovet, Skversi village
Short description of personal combat feat or accomplishment
In combat during the Dnieper river crossing and subsequent capture of Loev (Loev Region, Gomel Oblast) from 15th-17th October, 1943 while under enemy mortar and artillery fire, Gun Commander Senior Sergeant Aleksandr Dmitrievich Tsvetkov and his cannon destroyed an enemy mortar battery, a 75mm cannon battery, five heavy machineguns, seven light machineguns, and as much as an infantry of enemy infantry. These actions supported an unhindered crossing of our infantry across the Dnieper river.
Senior Sergeant Tsvetkov is deserving of the Order of the Patriotic War II Class.
Signed 543rd Army Destroyer Anti-Tank Artillery Regiment Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Goncharuk on 22nd October, 1943
Endorsed 106th Transbaikal Rifle Division Commander Colonel Vlasov and Division Artillery Commander Lieutenant Commander Mikha(?) on 22nd October, 1943
Downgraded to Order of the Red Star by 65th Army Artillery Commander General-Major of Artillery Beskin on 30th October, 1943.
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