Digger Doug

Rick, I can add a bit to this though my Russian is pretty poor. If you want, I can email you a scan of the article in Russian so you can have it. Comrade Zaripov was: Ukrainian A party member since 1951 A member of the Red Army since 1942 A loader (I believe) on a SU 57 With the 22nd Self Propelled Artillery Brigade (4th Tank Army, 1st Ukrainian Front) A Senior Sgt Received the Glory 1st in 1951 because he had received two 3rd classes previously. Demobilized in 1945 Also received an OPW 1 Participated in the victory parade in 1995 All the best an keep up the good work! Doug