Pogrebnoy Dmitry Parfentievich. “During the fighting, the gunner Pogrebnoy proved himself to be a courageous and skillful commander. Thanks to his courage , the enemy plane "Ju-87" was shot down. Being heavily concussed, Pogrebnoy did not abandon the gun, but remained in the ranks. At the railway station, he knocked out an enemy echelon from a cannon. For this battle he was awarded the Order of the Red Star. There were still many heavy battles, on February 29, 1944, he was seriously wounded in the right side and lost two ribs. October 24, 1944 he got light wound in the left side and left leg. From the memoirs: “The main means of survival of a soldier was how quickly you could dig a trench.