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Award booklet 2.

Award booklet 1.

His medals. The gallantry medal is unnumbered (for reasons that will soon become obvious ).

And the translation.

AWARD CITATION

1. Last Name, First Name, Middle Name: Puzan, Petr Trifonovich.

2. Military Rank: Red Army Soldier.

3. Place of Service: Loader, 182nd Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment, RGK.

Recommended for: Order of the Patriotic War 1st Class.

4. Year of Birth: 1917.

5. Nationality: Ukrainian.

6. Party Membership: Not a Party Member.

7. Service in the Civil War, in later Battles in Service of the USSR and in the GPW (when and where): In the Patriotic War from October 1943 to March 1944, Mpril 1944 to August 1944.

8. Have any Wounds or Contusions in the Great Patriotic War: KILLED on 19 August 1944 on the 1st Belorussian Front.

9. From Which Time with the Red Army: Since 1943.

10. Received Which Awards (from which order): Order of the Great Patriotic War 2nd Class, order 01/N on 21 January 1944 7th M.K.K.; Medal ?For Valor? order 090/N on 15 December 1943.

12. Home Address: Kiev Oblast, Stavistchensk Region, Popruyanskii. Mother: Kharitia Artmievna Puzan.

Short Concrete Description of Excellent Military Action or Service.

A loader in an SU-85, Private Puzan served in battles from 12 to 18 August 1944, acted bravely and continued uninterrupted fire. As a result of this, 2 enemy tanks, 2 guns, 2 machine guns and 20 Germans were destroyed.

In the battle of Dachi Ostrievek, Private Puzan, under strong enemy mortar fire, transferred ammunition into the carriage and helped provide uninterrupted fire for the self-propelled gun.

On 19 August 1944, in a damaged self-propelled gun, Private Puzan replaced the gunner and fired into the enemy to his last drop of blood. In this battle, loader Puzan died as a hero.

For displaying valor and heroism, Private Puzan deserves the State Award, the Order of the Great Patriotic War 1st Class to be awarded posthumously.

Commander of 182nd Self-propelled Artillery Regiment, RGK,

/s/ Lt. Col. Gromov

____ 1944

I posthumously award the Order of the Great Patriotic War 1st Class.

Commander of BT and MV, 47th Army.

/s/ General-Major of Tank Forces _______

22 August 1944

By orders of the Commander of BT and MV ? 47th Army, N. 027/N on 23 August 1944, he is posthumously awarded the Order of the Great Patriotic War 1st Class.

See also: http://www.forvalor.com/s87.htm

And the final sign-off, part 4.

Part 3.

Some Xeroxing issues.

Part 2.

NOW, the recommendation, part 1.

Not translated (yet -- hint, hint ).

The recommendation, well, not quite YET . . .

Part 2.

Award record card 1.

His OPW 1, #148227

And a (partial?) translation/summary.

Up the chain of command, 2.

Up the chain of command, 1.

Part 2.

Untranslated. (Help, help., beg, grovel, . . . .)

The recommendation (really nasty penmanship!), part 1.

Award record card 2.

Award record card 1.

His posthumous OPW 1, #110073.

Translation:

AWARD CITATION

1. Last Name, First Name, Middle Name: Tskhavrebov Iosif Evstifeevich.

2. Position, Unit: Commander of the 3rd Battery of the 1438th Znamenski Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment.

3. Military Rank: Junior Lieutenant.

Recommended for: The Order of Great Patriotic War 1st Class

4. Year of Birth: 1916.

5. Nationality: Georgian.

6. Party Membership: VKP(b), Candidate Member.

7. Service in the Civil War, in later Battles in Service of the USSR and in the GPW (when and where): Since 1.5.1942 to 5.11.1942 on the Voronezh Front.

8. Have any Wounds or Contusions in the Great Patriotic War: Killed in Action on 10.12.1943

9. From Which Time with the Red Army: Since 1941.

10. Which Call-Up Station:

11. Received Which Awards (from which order): No other awards.

12. Home Address: Tbilisi, Mariyski 2nd Pereulok No. 3. Place of birth is the same.

Short Concrete Description of Excellent Military Action or Service.

Is devoted to the Party of Lenin-Stalin and the Socialist Motherland. In fights for the Socialist Motherland he has shown bravery and courage. During the battle for town of Znamenka on ___ 12.1943 he was the first to enter the town with self-propelled guns under his command. He destroyed 3 lorries, 7 machine guns, one armored vehicle, and captured one tank T-IV. On 10.12.1943 in the area of Sakharnaya station his battery destroyed two enemy tanks of type T-VI and one T-IV.

By personal example he led his troops into battle, first crossing the railway line with his self-propelled guns and then led the charge into Znamenka station.

He is worthy to be awarded with the governmental award, Order of the Patriotic War 1st Class.

Commander of the 1438th Self Propelled Artillery Regiment.

Lieutenant Colonel /Zatylkin/

20 December 1943

See also: http://www.forvalor.com/s99.htm

Approvals 2.

Approvals 1.

Part 2.

The recommendation.