Born on December 25, 1926 in Alexandria village/ Died on July 26, 2010. He joined the army in January 1944. After completing basic military training, he went to the front, was enrolled in the 2nd Belorussian Front. He crossed the Vistula, Oder. While crossing the Vistula he was wounded in the leg. He was in the hospital, then he got to the medical battalion. He celebrated Victory Day in Poland. Here Yakov Samuilovich was lucky to meet with the commander-in-chief Rokossovsky. Then he got to Germany. He worked in a mine with civilians until March 1950. Then he was demobilized