Branch of Service: Land Forces, Air Force (except for Naval Aviation), Coast Guard, NKVD troops, Border Guard Unit: 42nd Rifle Division (1st formation) Want to share my knowledge about my grandfather - a veteran of the Grat Patriotic War My grandfather Fedor Berestov (on my father's side) was born in 1908 in the village of Larentsy in the Bogorodsky District of the Kirov Region. Before the war, he was a member of the CPSU (b) and passed the school of political instructors in Sarapul. Called up to the front on 12.12.1941, and according to documents participated in the Great Patriotic War until 25.09. He served in the 127th Infantry Regiment, 42nd Infantry Division, 30 Army of the Western Front in 1943 in a rank of Lieutenant (according to stories of close relatives he was a political Commissar). In the battles for the Soviet Homeland on 25.12.1942, he was seriously wounded. Also, according to the stories of his children, he reached Berlin and came back from the war in 1946. He received the awards: Orders of the Red Star, of Glory 2 degrees, anniversary awards. After the war, he was Chairman of the collective farm until his retirement. He had six children: three sons and three daughters (three of them were born in the pre-war period and three in the post-war period). Every summer in 1970s, we went to his village, all 10 grandchildren gathered. I remember him as a kind, loving grandfather. Together they went to haymaking, for mushrooms huntings and to collect berries, fishing, grazing cows. Now I think how happy we were! At that time, we were not very interested in his exploits, and he did not tell us anything about the war. We saw a lot of anniversary medals. Unfortunately, my grandfather passed away early in 1979. Our duty is to preserve the historical memory of the exploits of participants, veterans of the Great Patriotic War and home front workers. We should all be proud of our ancestors who saved the world from the Nazis and defended the independence of our Motherland. We must remember the price of Victory and honor their memory. The people who defended our homeland deserve respect and attention. Veterans of the Great Patriotic War live in our city. But every year there are less and less of them: years and wounds make themselves felt. I want to believe that there will be no war in the future. Let there be only peace, friendship and harmony on our land! I am proud of my grandfather and all those who defended our Homeland. Thank them very much.