Branch of troops: Ground forces, Air Force (except for naval Aviation), Coastal Service, troops of the NKVD, Border Troops_x000D_ _x000D_ The story of my family: The victory in the Great Patriotic War came at a high cost to the Russian people. In our time, people should not forget that war brings suffering and death of tens of millions of people. Oblivion would be a crime against the warriors who gave their lives for peace so that we can live happily today. Remembering the war, about the heroism and courage of people, to fight for peace is the duty of all living on earth ... My generation knows very little about war. It is even hard to imagine how unbearably hard it was for our soldiers to cope with the fascist evil spirits. The Great Patriotic War left its mark on every Soviet family. _x000D_ My grandfather was from Moldova, Slyusar Vasily Kirillovich, was born on January 14, 1909. According to the stories of my grandmother, he did not like to remember the war, about his wounds, about his awards, he just frowned, and then he was silent for a long time and held on to his heart. It was hard for him to remember what they had gone through. But sometimes he still indulged in the memories of the war. _x000D_ Vasily Kirillovich was drafted into the army from Mogilev-Podolsky in March 1944. My grandmother recalls that, going to the front, he carried her, his little daughter, in his arms to the very recruiting station. _x000D_ My grandfather,Vasily Kirillovich, fought on the 2nd Belorussian Front, the commander-in-chief of which was Rokossovsky, he participated in the liberation of Poland, Germany, cities of Konigsberg, Danzig and Poznan. The Oder River remained the last major water border on the way to Berlin. _x000D_ In January 1945, Vasily Kirillovich was one of the participants in the crossing of the Oder River. After the battle in the Kustrin area, my great-grandfather went on reconnaissance. The reconnaissance group reached a group of 6 Germans. He threw a grenade, but its fragments wounded him. Vasily Kirilovich was in serious condition and miraculously survived. In a hospital in Germany, a German doctor saved his life. _x000D_ The hospital was overflowing with wounded. There were not enough beds, people were lying and even sitting in the corridors. When the great-grandfather was already recovering, he looked for broken furniture around the board and made wooden loungers, after all, he was from the village and knew how to do everything with his own hands. The Head Physician of the German hospital, in gratitude, presented the grandfather with a tablecloth, which was kept for a long time in memory of this event. Grandfather Vasily served in the infantry and went as far as Berlin, was awarded many medals for his courage in battle. _x000D_ After the war, by May 9, he received anniversary medals for Victory Day. Vasily Kirillovich had been dead now for 14 years, but my family never forgets that he and millions of other soldiers who fought during the Great Patriotic War saved the whole world from fascism so that we could live under a peaceful sky. We, the children of the century, thank all the veterans for our happy peaceful life!