Rybalkin Ivan Mikhailovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Red army Type of troops: Land forces, air force (except naval aviation), coast service, NKVD troops, border guard Unit: 150th rifle Idritsko-Berlin order of Kutuzov division. When the war began, my grandfather Ivan was 14 years old, he was the eldest son among 7 children. His father, Mikhail Gerasimovich Rybalkin, went to the front in September 1941, and in August 1942 news came that he was missing. On January 2, 1944, my grandfather, having added his age, went to the front (he was then 17 years old). But for 20 September 1944, consisting of 756 infantry regiment and 150 infantry order of Kutuzov of II degree Idritsky division 79 infantry corps 3 Shock army of the First Belorussian front, was awarded the Medal "For courage" for... "being the liaison between the company commander under a heavy rifle and machine gun fire of the enemy quickly and accurately transmit orders and decrees, was seriously wounded." After that, he was awarded the Order of Glory of the III degree for the fact that..." the first of his company rose to the attack, and breaking into the enemy's trench killed 6 and captured 7 German invaders. About his feat and the exploits of his fellow soldiers are written in the books of V. M. Shatilov "Banner over the Reichstag", "flag Bearers storm the Reichstag", N. A. Slavin "the Story of the scouts of the 150th Idritsko-Berlin division, 175th separate reconnaissance company." Awarded: USSR Medal "for bravery" - order 756 SP No. 277 of 12.10.1944 USSR medal "for military merit" - order 756SP No. 02/4 of 14.01.1945 Gorden "Glory of the III degree" - order for the 150th division of 04.06.1945 Medal of the USSR "for the Victory over Nazi Germany" and many others.... Ivan liked to carpenter, work in the garden, play the balalaika, sing folk songs, - my grandmother Masha told me - he never told her about the war, said that it was not a girl's business... After the war, my great-grandfather had 4 children, including my father. Ivan Mikhailovich died from the fact that the fragment that remained in him from the war reached the heart… He was then 61 years old...