Rank: Sergeant _x000D_ Branch of troops: Artillery_x000D_ My father, Stepan Lvovich Ponomarev, was a participant of the Great Patriotic War. And on the eve of the anniversary year from the Victory Day, I would like to tell about him to those who did not know him, and those who knew him, to remember him with a kind word. He was born into a wealthy family in 1923. Subsequently, during the years of collectivization, the family was dispossessed and sent to live in Omsk. June 12, 1941 he turned 18 years old. He was drafted into the army for military service, but on June 22, the war broke out. After several months of military training, he went to the front. _x000D_ He fought in 352 anti-tank fighter Regiment. He participated in hostilities from February 1942 to January 1945. He was shell-shocked while in the hospital the war ended. He had a combat medal, but was very sorry that he had lost it during a shell shock. During the war, his mother and sister moved to the village of Korolevo. After the war he returned home in 1948, he got married. The family had 7 children. _x000D_ He retired at 65. Military hardships affected the health of the soldier. He died early - at the age of 67 after a short illness. Even if my father did not have the title of hero, orders of high rank, but he was a participant in those terrible events. We, his children and grandchildren, are proud of him and will forever preserve the bright and kind memory of our father and grandfather.