Rank: Senior Lieutenant _x000D_ Branch of troops: Ground Forces, Air Force (except naval aviation), coastal service, troops People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs, border troops, border troops _x000D_ Subdivision: 1st Guards Artillery Order of Lenin Glukhov Red Banner Orders of Suvorov and Bogdanuzov, Khutanuzov Reserve of the Supreme Command. _x000D_ In 1941 he graduated from medical assistant courses and as a nineteen-year-old boy went to the front. He served in the rank of Senior Lieutenant, organized the work of the Battalion's Sanitary Medical Service, accompanied convoys under fire and bombardment, carried out the wounded from the battlefield, organized defense and participated in repelling enemy attacks, and treated the Red Army soldiers. _x000D_ Here is a quote from the award list: "In the battles near the city of Neisse ... came under the bombing of aviation ... Comrade Sokolov, risking his life, carried out the wounded driver, provided assistance and sent him to the medical unit." This is so short, dry in military documents about the daily feat of my great-grandfather, about the many lives he saved, about the days of the hardest trials for our people. _x000D_ Officer, Senior Lieutenant Valerian Ivanovich Sokolov, for personal courage and courage shown in defending the Fatherland and performing military duty, was awarded the Medal "For Courage", the Medal "For Liberation of Prague", the Medal "For Capture of Berlin", the Medal "For Victory over Germany WWII 1941-1945 ", in 1947 he was awarded the Order of the Red Star for his great services in the defense of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in wartime.