Ivan Zaklyuka was on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War since 1942. He took part in the Battle of Kursk, the liberation of the Ukrainian SSR. Lieutenant Ivan Zaklyuka was a Komsomol leader of the 4th Battalion of the 248th Separate Cadet Rifle Brigade of the 60th Army of the Central Front by August 1943._x000D_ He distinguished himself during the liberation of the Sumy Region of the Ukrainian SSR .When it became necessary to select volunteers to attack a German bunker located at a low altitude near the village of Neklyuyevka, Zaklyuka volunteered first, and then selected Sergeant Karpenko and private Filchenko for this task. The group secretly got close to the bunker and threw grenades at it, and then broke in. As a result of the fight, 20 enemy soldiers and officers were destroyed, 2 mortars, 700 mines to them, 4 machine guns, and a radio station were captured. German units in the village who heard the shooting raised the alarm and launched a counterattack, but thanks to captured machine guns, the group successfully repelled it. The approaching battalion completed the destruction of the German units. Zaklyuka destroyed several more soldiers and officers of the enemy in hand-to-hand combat, but he was seriously wounded and was sent to the hospital_x000D_ Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 17 October 1943 for "exemplary performance of command assignments at the front against the German invaders and displaying courage and heroism" Lieutenant Ivan Saluka was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin and Medal Gold Star #878.