(l to r): junior sergeant Maria Rozhkova, senior sergeant Roza Shanina, jr. sergeants Olga Mokshina, Eva Novikova, Anna Kuznetsova, Alexandra Ekimova, sr. sergeant Evdokia Krasnoborova, jr. sergeant Antonina Pryalkova, sr. sergeant Zinaida Shmeleva and jr. sergeant Lydia Vdovina.
Major Romanenko talks about the military affairs of the young intelligence officer Valentin Zhavoronkov. On October 2, 1944, when the battalion was advancing on the Benat strongpoint (Yugoslavia) under heavy machine-gun and mortar fire from the enemy, he delivered 11 combat orders from the battalion commander to the company commanders in time, ensuring uninterrupted control of the battle and the capture of a heavily fortified stronghold. For the courage and courage shown in battle, Valya Zharovonkov was awarded the Order of the Red Star.
Photo taken in Starchevo, Yugoslavia, in October 1944.
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