Guest Rick Research Posted July 15, 2013 Posted July 15, 2013 (edited) Thanks to the Traveling Museum--meet very young, horribly wounded, super-humanly brave minesweeper Petty Officer Petr Korneevich Kochetkov. Edited July 15, 2013 by Rick Research
Guest Rick Research Posted July 15, 2013 Posted July 15, 2013 (edited) I'll just post the translations because the Soviet paperwork--aside from his Orders Book--is tough to read. Edited July 15, 2013 by Rick Research
Guest Rick Research Posted July 15, 2013 Posted July 15, 2013 The deed for which he earned his 1942 screwback Red Banner!
Guest Rick Research Posted July 15, 2013 Posted July 15, 2013 (edited) Young Kochetkov's Ushakov Medal Edited July 15, 2013 by Rick Research
Guest Rick Research Posted July 15, 2013 Posted July 15, 2013 (edited) Detecting a pattern of behaviour here? The horrific risks involved in inshore minesweeping under contaant enemy fire? And, oh yes... that casual mention of the very early AMERICAN award he recieved at some unspecified time between his Red Banner and the Ushakov Medal? Edited July 15, 2013 by Rick Research
Guest Rick Research Posted July 15, 2013 Posted July 15, 2013 What can one say about "normal" award of a U.S. Navy Distinguished Service Medal? "Normally" presented to ... Admirals? Apparently the Soviet Comraids who were handed random selections of U.S. awards to distribute at their whim thought a "medal" was... a MEDAL! Citation for Kochetkov's very nice "thin" OPW2
Guest Rick Research Posted July 15, 2013 Posted July 15, 2013 And then... what? We always wonder what did life in the post-victory Soviet Union have in store for Petr Korneevich Kochetko?
JapanX Posted July 15, 2013 Posted July 15, 2013 If this group is for real then this group is unreal! P.S. Any signs of citation for DSM?
Guest Rick Research Posted July 15, 2013 Posted July 15, 2013 No, just the mentions on his Soviet award recommendations. I doubt the poor mangled young man ever knew he'd received a decoration American ADMIRALS lust for!
Ulsterman Posted July 15, 2013 Posted July 15, 2013 I saw the American medal entitled in the awards summary of 1947. It was an amazing and lovely group. It was interesting that he was wounded badly in the stomach by a bomb shell in the summer ( surviving a gut wound in a Soviet hospital means this guy was made of cast iron I reckon) and then acted bravely in combat against the Finnish shore batteries .......
Ferdinand Posted July 16, 2013 Posted July 16, 2013 Terrific group. It would have been great if the Soviets kept detailed records on enlisted personnel...
JapanX Posted July 16, 2013 Posted July 16, 2013 No wonder I felt that this group looks vaguely familar ... 11 years is a looooooong time http://soviet-awards.com/forum/soviet-military-awards/researchers-corner/researched-award-groups/592-petr-korneevich-kochetkov.html By the way according to Ed Maier only 22 Navy DSM's were awarded to Soviets. According to OMSA article only 20 (Army?) DSM's were awarded to Soviets. Dave Danner wrote in this thread http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/8433-us-army-decorations-awarded-to-red-army-personnel-in-world-war-ii/ (post #15) that "During World War Two, the Army awarded approximately 9 DSMs to lieutenant colonels, 2 to majors and 2 to enlisted". So how many DSMs (Army and Navy) were issued?
Guest Rick Research Posted July 16, 2013 Posted July 16, 2013 Yeah, the same groups keeping circling around no matter what. We've been able to document (paper cataalogs folks, Eternal Paper) British Napoleonic groups continuously from the 1870s. Some day that will be true of groups like this too. Assuming western civilization still exists....
JapanX Posted July 16, 2013 Posted July 16, 2013 Assuming western civilization still exists.... Fat chance!
Paul R Posted July 16, 2013 Posted July 16, 2013 This is the best of the best. I have been looking for a nice Ushakov grouping for a long time. I would have to make payments on something like that for a couple of years.
Les Posted July 16, 2013 Posted July 16, 2013 I wonder how many Soviets who did something during the war that led to their being given recognition by Western states, survived Stalin's post-war purges? Stalin's paranoia was a bad thing to be on the wrong side of, and being one of the few Soviets to be awarded a prestigious award might have could have resulted in a death sentence, deportation to the east and years of hard labor, or both.
JapanX Posted July 16, 2013 Posted July 16, 2013 (edited) Stalin's paranoia was a bad thing to be on the wrong side of, and being one of the few Soviets to be awarded a prestigious award might have could have resulted in a death sentence, deportation to the east and years of hard labor, or both. I think most of them survived since there were no large-scale .... Stalin's post-war purges At least among military personal Year/Convicted/Executed 1945 126000 10600 --- 1946 105580 2270 --- 1947 67590 900 --- 1948 68380 None --- 1949 72520 None --- 1950 59350 470 ;) Edited July 16, 2013 by JapanX
Paul R Posted July 20, 2013 Posted July 20, 2013 I really want this group... I would sell a lung for it... I only smoked for 15 years, but quit back in '05. They are almost as good as new!
Guest Rick Research Posted July 20, 2013 Posted July 20, 2013 Hey! You used to live right here in the heart of Traveling Museum country and could never get you to visit. Now.....
Paul R Posted July 20, 2013 Posted July 20, 2013 Hey! You used to live right here in the heart of Traveling Museum country and could never get you to visit. Now..... I know... I was living under an oppressed state then. I have since "unstrapped" myself of that burden!
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