01-30-2016, 10:07 PM
Family, Name And Patronym, Burlak, Petr Savel'evich
Rank, Senior Sergeant
Position, Unit, Platoon Commander, Scout Section, 542th Cannon-Artillery Regiment
Presented for Medal "For Combat Merits"
1. Year Of Birth, 1917
2. Nationality, Ukrainian
3. Since What Time In Red Army, 1938.
4. Party Membership, Member VKLSM
5. Participation In War (Where, When), Participant in Patriotic War against German Fascism
6. Had Which Wounds And Contusions, Not Had.
7. Has which awards (for which distinction), Chest Badge "Excellent RKKA".
8. Which Regional Military Commissariat Called, Tul'chinsk, Vinnitskaja Oblast
Supervising a platoon of audio scouts. For the period from 27th January to 14th February 1942 provided a spot on 15 enemy batteries, of which 6 were suppressed by our artillery fire.
2nd October 1941 during the withdrawal of the regiment to new positions with a group of fighters courageously and fearlessly for 12 hours held back an onslaught of superior forces of German-Fascist troops. Allowing retreating units to the new positions. Only after the order to retreat did he leave his occupied position.
Commander Of The Regiment Major Zhigarev
Military Commissar Of The Regiment Battalion Commissar Tsesis
A rather short but solid citation for action during the last great push of Operation Barbarossa. His solid and unwavering defence came over 6 months before Stalin's Order #227 "No Step Back!". A very "Defence of Moscow" award.
Rank, Senior Sergeant
Position, Unit, Platoon Commander, Scout Section, 542th Cannon-Artillery Regiment
Presented for Medal "For Combat Merits"
1. Year Of Birth, 1917
2. Nationality, Ukrainian
3. Since What Time In Red Army, 1938.
4. Party Membership, Member VKLSM
5. Participation In War (Where, When), Participant in Patriotic War against German Fascism
6. Had Which Wounds And Contusions, Not Had.
7. Has which awards (for which distinction), Chest Badge "Excellent RKKA".
8. Which Regional Military Commissariat Called, Tul'chinsk, Vinnitskaja Oblast
Supervising a platoon of audio scouts. For the period from 27th January to 14th February 1942 provided a spot on 15 enemy batteries, of which 6 were suppressed by our artillery fire.
2nd October 1941 during the withdrawal of the regiment to new positions with a group of fighters courageously and fearlessly for 12 hours held back an onslaught of superior forces of German-Fascist troops. Allowing retreating units to the new positions. Only after the order to retreat did he leave his occupied position.
Commander Of The Regiment Major Zhigarev
Military Commissar Of The Regiment Battalion Commissar Tsesis
A rather short but solid citation for action during the last great push of Operation Barbarossa. His solid and unwavering defence came over 6 months before Stalin's Order #227 "No Step Back!". A very "Defence of Moscow" award.
"Signed with his own rubber stamp"
