History:_x000D_ Hello there!_x000D_ It's been 75 years, and the memory of you lives in our family. Nathan Milman, born in 1907 - war correspondent, Captain of the Red Army. For me, your great-grandson, you are unknown, because I have never seen you, talked to you, walked with you on the street, or heard your stories. But the memory of you is stored in old photos and letters._x000D_ These letters are yellow, frayed leaves in a check or in a ruler, in an envelope with a small state emblem and the inscription: "Verified by military censorship 386". All the letters under the numbers - #1, 2, and so on. Only 15. All are addressed to your wife - Anna (Tarasova) born in 1909._x000D_ Your first letters arrived in July 1941. They have constant questions about family, health, and children._x000D_ "...How do you live? It's good that you're working. Take care of the kids. How is Eddie (son-8 years old)? Bring him up, find time every day to read him poems, tell him stories. Buy for ”Chicken – Idochka” (daughter-3 years old) a doll with closed eyes. Treat the guys calmly, don't be nervous. Take care of yourself... "(August 29, 1941)._x000D_ " ... haw is Eddie, does he go to kindergarten? How's my chicken? Was she sitting at home alone? Why don't you write enough about them? Kiss them for me a lot and hard. "(September 19, 1941)._x000D_ Each letter begins with tender words to his wife. Probably the only way a professional military man, a correspondent of the newspaper "For the Honor of the Motherland" of the 24th Army could write in those difficult days of the war, when the troops fought off the Nazis. All photocopies of newspaper articles written by you are carefully stored in the family archive. The names are simple - "Anti-aircraft Gunners", "Courage", "Red Army Bayonet", "Ninth Flight", " Details of the Capture of Yelnya»,… The articles simply and matter-of-factly describe the exploits of soldiers performed on a daily basis._x000D_ In your letters you wrote: "...Always on the front lines. Already shelled. I come to the editorial office for a day or two, hand over the material, get a task, and go back to the front. Our guys fight great. They already know that the Siberians mercilessly smash the fascist pack. Almost every day I send a correspondence to the paper. From "Komsomolskaya Pravda" they ask to give them articles... "(August 18, 1941)._x000D_ "...today I have to go to the front line, but the departure was postponed. I'm going tomorrow. So today I will be indoors, get some sleep, write something in my diary. "(September 19, 1941)._x000D_ "...We live in a "chicken" hut. I came from the front line and got to "Paradise". In honor of my arrival, we had a world dinner and drank hot milk. The guys are good, caring, we live together. Early in the morning I managed to write a sketch about a friend from Voronezh. I think to send the article to Voronezh, print it in the local newspaper or broadcast it on the radio" (September 25, 1941)._x000D_ Autumn of 1941 came._x000D_ "...Dear! I am writing my fifteenth letter. Alive and well. Autumn days came. A lot of work… I looked at the photos for a long time last night. Remember when we were in the Park, behind the tram line. Idochka was still bitten by mosquitoes. And Eddie was standing on the crossbar. Write in detail about yourself and our children. I want you to pay a lot of attention to them. Eddie is big, it is at that age that character is developed. Just don't be nervous and don't worry about me… Kiss the children for me. I hold you tight, tight. I kiss you the way you like it. Goodbye. Your Nathan" (September 28, 1941)._x000D_ Last letter…_x000D_ A month later, the 24th army was surrounded at Vyazma. The soldiers fought to the last bullet, to the last drop of blood. Many died. Many are missing._x000D_ You also went missing…_x000D_ P.S. From the notes of my great – aunt – your daughter- Iraida Volotskova (written in 2015):_x000D_ "...I don't remember my dad, I don't remember his face, voice, but I remember his big hands that threw me up, making my heart stop and rejoice at the height… Why do I only remember this? Nothing more, everything else from words and letters... "_x000D_ Your great-grandson Maxim Baidin.