From our family, three people participated in the war,among them: my grandfather was tortured to death in a concentration camp in the Krasnodar Territory, my uncle was drafted in 1940, he served in the city of Lodz. Part of it was located three kilometers from the border and in the first minutes of the war, he died for his homeland. And the third participant in this war was my dad. He returned from the war as a disabled person of the second group. Father was drafted into the army when Pyatigorsk was liberated. From here the hard soldier's path began. He took part in the liberation of Ukraine, Poland, East Prussia. By profession, he was a regimental sapper. This case was in Poland. The command gave the assignment, to take "tongue" before the general offensive of our troops. All types of army reconnaissance began, as they say, the hunt for "tongue". Here is a group in which dad took part went on reconnaissance and for a long time could not take the language "Moving towards the enemy's defenses, they cleared the minefield, where they caught their dawn. They went about 200 meters away from the enemy front line, and found a German house during the retreat. it was already on the eighth day when they managed to take "the tongue" with a fight. For this feat, my dad was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd degree. After the general offensive, our troops overcame the enemy defenses, liberated Poland and began to advance towards East Prussia. Moving forward, our troops however, had losses. Prussia was already a fascist territory. Our soldiers fought fiercely for every meter of this land. The Germans were strongly defended here, as they felt that they would end. Liberating the territory from the enemy, the troops crossed the Oder River, and having captured the city of Ollau, our troops successfully advanced forward. After walking two hundred kilometers from this city, on February 15, 1945, my dad was seriously wounded. He lost his leg while clearing a minefield. They cleared this field for further advance of our troops forward. On this day, my dad at the age of nineteen remained disabled for the rest of his life. Due to this serious injury, he was treated in hospitals for 27 months. During the period of his battle, he received government awards. 1. Order of the Patriotic War of the first and second degree. 2.Medal "For Victory over Germany" 3.Medal "50 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" 4.Medal "20 years of Victory" 5.Medal "25 years of Victory" 6.Medal "For Valorous Labor" 7.Order of Glory, second and third degree 8. Order of the Red Star and many more medals. I am writing on behalf of my father: I, as a defender of my Motherland, wish the young generation a peaceful and happy life, so that there would be no horrors of war on their way of life. I wish all the young generation to live merrily and joyfully under the clear sky of the Motherland.