Ed_Haynes Posted September 11, 2006 Author Posted September 11, 2006 And (no reason to show the folder?) . . . (Nice to see one filled out -- for a CHANGE!!)
Ed_Haynes Posted September 11, 2006 Author Posted September 11, 2006 And (exterior familiar? -- my wife wants me to come to dinner!) . . .
Ed_Haynes Posted September 11, 2006 Author Posted September 11, 2006 And . . . while not military . . .
Ed_Haynes Posted September 12, 2006 Author Posted September 12, 2006 And . . . award record card, front.
Ed_Haynes Posted September 12, 2006 Author Posted September 12, 2006 (They are sooo YOUNGGGGG!!!)Back.
Ed_Haynes Posted September 12, 2006 Author Posted September 12, 2006 And researcher's translation.As always, comments gratefully solictied!(Off to dinner now!)
Guest Rick Research Posted September 12, 2006 Posted September 12, 2006 Again, seems to be a Valor Medal downgraded... as if by Official Reluctance to ADMIT to serious combat? Odd, isn't it, that EVERY researched award we've had come back from Afghanistan has been DOWN-graded:My Divisional Commander Colonel Vozhachenko "only" got a Red Star for clearing out a province, Doug's helicopter gunner Sr Lt Tretyak "only" got an implausible OSH 3 (!) ... your Warrant Officer Basovich in '88 "only" got an MMM... now THIS "only" MMM. And not one of the action write ups in any way suggests to me!!!!!A "strelok" is a rifleman, not a sniper-- "snaiper." Though "anti-aircraft rifleman" which is what his position says literally seems an odd designation and may indeed be a "polite" term for a long distance marksman. ???
Ed_Haynes Posted September 12, 2006 Author Posted September 12, 2006 My sense from what I was told . . . and the researcher could be wrong . . . is that he was anti-aircraft using his guns in an anti-personnel capacity (at there were no "rebel" planes to shoot at). Dunno . . . .
Riley1965 Posted September 12, 2006 Posted September 12, 2006 I have to agree!!! That is another interesting researched group!!! Doc
Albert Posted September 15, 2006 Posted September 15, 2006 My sense from what I was told . . . and the researcher could be wrong . . . is that he was anti-aircraft using his guns in an anti-personnel capacity (at there were no "rebel" planes to shoot at). Dunno . . . .Hi Ed,Yes, he was an anti-aircraft gunner. "Strelok" means "gunner" in general terms too; in a tank he'd be a "strelok tankist". But he used his AK to attack the "rebels" or "dukhi".BR,Al
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