For Bravery,2736700,Submachinegunner,1st Moto-Rifle Battalion,Austria

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Here is the Medal "For Bravery" #2736700.

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1. Family, Kurta
2. Name And Patronym, Mihail Afamas'evich
3. Military Rank, Private
4. Sex, Male
5. Year Of Birth, 1925
6. Place Of Birth, Zaporets Oblast, Chervonoarmej Region, P-Svitunov Rural Area, Hamlet of Orlovyj
7. Party Membership, Non-Partisan
8. Education, 3rd Class
9. Nationality, Ukrainian
10. From Which Year In Red Army, October 1943 - 14th February 1948
11. Which Service And Position At Time Of Award, 2nd Guards Mechanised Brigade - Submachinegunner.
12. Place Of Service And Position At Current Time, Zaporets Oblast, Chervonoarmej Region, P-Svitunov Rural Area, Hamlet of Orlovyj - Private Collective Farmer
13. Current address of awarded, Zaporets Oblast, Chervonoarmej Region, P-Svitunov Rural Area, Hamlet of Orlovyj

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1. Family, Name, Patronym. Kurta, Mihail Afonas'evich
2. Rank. Private
3. Position and unit. Submachinegunner, 1st Moto-Rifle Battalion, 2nd Guards Mechanised Brigade, 1st Guards Order Lenin Mechanised Corps
Presented For Award Of The Medal "For Bravery"
4. Year of birth. 1925
5. Nationality. Ukrainian
6. Party Membership. Member VLKSM - 44
7. Participation in the Civil War, subsequent military activity in defence of the USSR and Patriotic War /where, when/ Participant In The Patriotic War 12th May 1943
8. Has been wounded, contused in Patriotic War. Wounded 22nd May 1943 Heavy 6th April 1945 Light
9. From which time in Red Army. 10th April 1943.
10. Which Regional Military Commissariat called. Red Army Regional Military Commissariat, Zaporozh'e Oblast
11. Has received awards (for which distinction). Not awarded

4th April 1945 in combat to capture the settlement of Unterlauf was active undaunted and bravely in a group of other submachinegunners made of 7 people. Dashingly burst into the closest open enemy with a barrage of fire from their submachineguns making them flee.
Comrade Kurta whilst pushing was the first and destroyed 5 Hitlerites.

For showing boldness and bravery Comrade Kurta is worthy of award of the "Medal For Bravery"

Commander 1st Moto-Rifle Battalion Guards Captain Sokolovskij

12th May 1942 (1945)