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re: My first Order of the Red Star: 678782
Yeah, further research has shown that up ;-)
It does indeed say Greek. Which i think is remarkable. He came from Georgia.
His record sheet shows he went from Stalingrad, through Poland and onto Berlin itself, for which he received all the relevant campaign medals.
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06-28-2012 07:24 AM
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re: My first Order of the Red Star: 678782
It is a nice citation. It seems a lot of signalmen were rightly decorated for this kind of work.
Cheers, Ade.
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re: My first Order of the Red Star: 678782
It must have been a difficult job.
While they where probably operating just behind the lines, they would have been prime targets for snipers, mortar and artillery. Not to mention capture and interrogation. All the while they would be trying to do a complex technical task.
Glad he survived the war.
My other 1945 issue ORS turns up next week, so I'll probably get that researched as well.
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re: My first Order of the Red Star: 678782
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re: My first Order of the Red Star: 678782
Very nice grouping and very nice citation! It must have been quite a rush when you saw Stalingrad on Auke's write-up!
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re: My first Order of the Red Star: 678782
Indeed it was Gizmo, he must have seen a lot of action in his time!
The fact that he was Greek is even more interesting to me personally. My grandfather killed a Greek communist tank crew member during the 1960s, when he was working there as a building laborer.
The tank had shown up in the village where he was working, and the crew were causing a ruckus and doing a lot of damage to the village, so the local people asked him and his workmates to do something about it.
The approached the tank from behind, stuffed a pile of wet clothes in one of the tracks and waited for it to take off.
When it couldn't move, one of the crew got out to investigate, and my grandfather shot him. The rest of the crew were taken prisoner.
He later married a Greek woman.
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re: My first Order of the Red Star: 678782
Great research on the star, got to be pretty happy with what he did for it. Geez I love these things
Jason
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re: My first Order of the Red Star: 678782
Looks good mate. Definatly post war suspension on the bravery award. Would be interested to find what these two were awarded for.
Cheers
Jason
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