My grandfather and my grandmother, participants of the Great Patriotic War: Romanov Mikhail Ivanovich, born in 1923, and Romanova (Korchaka) Galina Lukyanovna, born in 1925. M. I. Romanov was called up to the front by the Narovchat Regional Military Commissariat of Penza Region on May 5, 1942. He served as a radiotelegraph operator in the rank of Senior Sergeant. At the front since July 1942, he was repeatedly wounded in battles. He was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War 2nd class, the Medals "For Courage", "For Battle Merit", "For Victory over Germany". Galina Lukyanovna was born in Berkozovka village, Kaniv District, Cherkasy Region, Ukraine. When the village was occupied by the Germans, she was sent to Germany along with other local residents.