For Combat Merits,0316086,Motorman,Torpedo Cutter #46,2nd Torpedo Cutter Brigade

[Bill Garvy]

Record card

Order booklet nr. A-020307

1. Last name: Mileiko
2. First name and patronymic: Vasily Mitrofanovich
3. Military rank: Petty Officer Second Class
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1919
6. Place of birth: Khvorosti farmstead, Koryukovka Raion, Chernigov Oblast
7. Party membership (since which year): Member of the Communist Party since 1943
8. Education: Secondary
9. Nationality: Ukrainian
10. Since which year in the Red Army: September, 1940
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position occupied at the time of the award: Engine mechanic 2nd class in the 2nd Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron, 2nd Novorossiysk Red Banner Motor Torpedo Boat Brigade, Northwestern Naval Defense Region, Black Sea Fleet
12. Current place of service and position: Engine mechanic 2nd class in the 2nd Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron, 2nd Novorossiysk Red Banner Motor Torpedo Boat Brigade, Northwestern Naval Defense Region, Black Sea Fleet
13. Home address of the awardee: Field post nr. 72184, city of Ochakov, Nikolayev Oblast

14. List of all awards received:

Name of the order or medal/Serial number /Number of the document/Ground of award
Medal for Courage 115549 Temporary certificate nr. 12978 Order of the Black Sea Fleet nr. 4/S of February 20th, 1943
Medal for Combat Merit 316086 Temporary certificate nr. 20216 Order of the 2nd Novorossiysk Red Banner Motor Torpedo Boat Brigade nr. 2/S of June 19th, 1943
Order of the Red Star 357084 Temporary certificate nr. 48901 Order of the 2nd Novorossiysk Red Banner Motor Torpedo Boat Brigade nr. 6/S of May 15th, 1944
Medal of Ushakov 12070 Temporary certificate nr. B-11959 Order of the 2nd Novorossiysk Red Banner Motor Torpedo Boat Brigade nr. 1/S of February 23rd, 1946
Medal for the Defense of Odessa / N-03164
Medal for the Defense of the Caucasus / M-032030
Medal for the Victory over Germany / I-0405630

Signature of the awardee: [signed]

I confirm the correctness of the data and the signature of the awardee (position and signature):

Personnel officer of the 2nd Novorossiysk Red Banner Motor Torpedo Boat Brigade
Captain Lieutenant [signed] /Kazakov/
May 10th, 1946

[Bill Garvy]

Order Book

Note: Medal of Ushakov, #12070

[Bill Garvy]

Award Sheet

On Black Sea Fleet, 2nd Torpedo Cutter Brigade, 3rd Torpedo Cutter Battalion, Torpedo Cutter #46 Motor Operator Red Senior Seaman Vasilii Dmitrievich Mileiko for the Order of the Red Star

1. Born: 1919
2. Nationality: Ukrainian
3. Social standing: worker
4. Party membership: candidate member
5. In Red Army or Navy: since 1940
6. In Civil War: n/a
7. Wounds or shell-shock: n/a
8. Previous award recommendations: recommended in 1943 for excellent accomplishment of combat missions
9. Previous awards: Bravery Medal for the excellent accomplishment of combat missions
10. Service in the White or other bourgeois armies or encirclement: n/a
11. Home of record: [trans: entry intentionally obscured]

Short description of personal combat feat or accomplishment

Senior Red Seaman V.D. Mileiko has been in the active duty Navy on torpedo cutters as a torpedo cutter motor operator since the very beginning of the Patriotic War.

As a motor operator of Torpedo Cutter #46, Comrade Mileiko has repeatedly participated in raids on enemy ports and lines of communication, often exposed to heavy enemy fire and in combat has proven himself a valorous, steadfast warrior supporting the survivability and maneuverability of the craft.

During the cutter’s accomplishment of a sensitive operation in mining the enemy coastline Comrade Mileiko not only provided the enemy’s course but personally participated in placing mines, displaying during this activity steadfastness in the execution of the given operation. Senior Red Seaman Mileiko is a highly disciplined warrior, dedicated to the Lenin-Stalin Party and always ready to enter combat and crush the German invaders for the sake of liberating our Motherland from the enemy.

For excellent participation in the accomplishment of mine delivery operations against enemy coastline and displaying valor and steadfastness in the struggle against the enemy, I am recommending Comrade V.D. Mileiko for the Order of the Red Star.

Signed Commander, Black Sea Fleet, 2nd Torpedo Cutter Brigade, 3rd Torpedo Cutter, Captain-Lieutenant Volchkov on 18.06.1943

[Bill Garvy]

Unit Award Order

Memorandum

Commander of the 2nd Torpedo Cutter Brigade, Black Sea Fleet Order 2 dated 19th June, 1943 awards the following decorations of the USSR
POSTHUMOUSLY:

Combat Service Medal to:

7. Senior Red Seaman Vasilii Dmitrievich Mileiko – Motorman, Torpedo Cutter #46

Signed 2nd Torpedo Cutter Brigade Commander Captain 2nd Class Protsenko and Chief of Staff Captain 3rd class B. Bobynin

Printed in four copies
#1 to Presidium of the Supreme Soviet USSR
#2 to Navy Personnel Directorate
#3 to Black Sea Fleet Command Section
#4 to personnel file
Compiled by N.T. on 19.06.43

[Bill Garvy]

Senior Red Seaman Vasilii Dmitrievich Mileiko – Motorman, Torpedo Cutter #46, Combat Service Medal, #316086.

[Bill Garvy]

Award Sheet

On Black Sea Fleet, 2nd Torpedo Cutter Brigade, 3rd Torpedo Cutter Battalion Motor Operator Red Seaman Vasilii Mitrofanovich Mileiko for the Order of the Patriotic War II Class

1. Born: 1919
2. Nationality: Ukrainian [trans: stamped “For Bravery Medal”]
3. Social standing: worker from worker family
4. Party membership: Comsomol since 1935
5. In Red Army or Navy: since 1940
6. In Civil War: n/a
7. Wounds or shell-shock: n/a
8. Previous award recommendations: n/a
9. Previous awards: n/a
10. Service in the White or other bourgeois armies or encirclement: n/a
11. Home of record: [trans: entry intentionally obscured]

Short description of personal combat feat or accomplishment

As a motor operator of Torpedo Cutter #46, Comrade Mileiko is a highly disciplined Red Seaman and valorous warrior.

During the repair of his torpedo cutter in Poti in November Comrade Mileiko worked hard, disregarding fatigue and placing as his sole desire the most rapid repair of the ship.

On the night of 19th-20th November Torpedo Cutter #46 clandestinely penetrated into the port of Anapa and exploded a loaded barge with a torpedo. During the raid and exfiltration the cutter’s motor worked perfectly thanks to the efforts of motor operator Comrade Mileiko. Despite a hurricane of enemy fire at the cutter and hull penetrations Comrade Mileiko did not abandon his post for a minute. Comrade Mileiko is deserving of the Order of the Patriotic War II Class for steadfastness in combat and valor.

Signed Commander, Black Sea Fleet, 2nd Torpedo Cutter Brigade, 3rd Torpedo Cutter, Captain-Lieutenant Volchkov on 22nd December, 1942