Galkin Ivan Efimovich
Rank: Junior Sergeant. Military branch: Artillery. Galkin Ivan was drafted into the Army in May 1941. He began serving in the 295th Guards Machine-gun and Artillery Regiment, located in Western Ukraine, on the Polish border. In June 1941, as part of the Regiment, he took the first battle with the Nazis on the Ukrainian-Polish border as a radio operator (artillery fire spotter). The Regiment retreated towards Belarus, where it was surrounded and almost completely lost. With a small group of soldiers he came out of the encirclement of the Bryansk forests of Belarus.My grandfather told me how they starved in the encirclement but they did not surrender, even without any connection with others. There was a damaged tank In one Belarusian village occupied by the Germans .At night, risking their lives, they pulled out a radio from the tank. He took out the banner of the Regiment from the encirclement, for which he was later awarded the Order of the ""Red Star"".Thanks to the preserved banner, the Regiment was re-formed in the Krasnaya Polyana area. From this period, the Regiment fought from July 1941 to November 1946. He went from the Moscow region to Berlin, participated in the liberation of Belarus,Poland(Warsaw), participated in the battles for the capture of Berlin( there is also an inscription on the wall of the Reichstag). The 295th Guards Regiment fought as part of the 2nd Belorussian front. He participated in the battles for the capture of the bridgehead on the Vistula river, the Oder river, providing uninterrupted communication on the correction of the fire of his Artillery Regiment. He carried out communication across the river on an amphibious vehicle in the battles on the Oder river in Germany. The vehicle was hit by a shell, it almost sank and he had to stand on a battered car in waist-deep water, under enemy bullets and shells for many hours to keep in touch with the Regiment. He took part in the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland.For participation in battles on the fronts of the great Patriotic war of 1941-1945 he was awarded the Order of the ""Patriotic war of the 1st class"", the Order of the ""Red Star"",the Medal ""For Bravery"", the Medal ""For Military merit"",the Medal ""For the capture of Warsaw"",the Medal ""For the capture of Berlin"",the Medal ""For the Victory over Germany""."
Galkin Ivan Efimovich
Rank: Junior Sergeant. Military branch: Artillery. Galkin Ivan was drafted into the Army in May 1941. He began serving in the 295th Guards Machine-gun and Artillery Regiment, located in Western Ukraine, on the Polish border. In June 1941, as part of the Regiment, he took the first battle with the Nazis on the Ukrainian-Polish border as a radio operator (artillery fire spotter). The Regiment retreated towards Belarus, where it was surrounded and almost completely lost. With a small group of soldiers he came out of the encirclement of the Bryansk forests of Belarus.My grandfather told me how they starved in the encirclement but they did not surrender, even without any connection with others. There was a damaged tank In one Belarusian village occupied by the Germans .At night, risking their lives, they pulled out a radio from the tank. He took out the banner of the Regiment from the encirclement, for which he was later awarded the Order of the ""Red Star"".Thanks to the preserved banner, the Regiment was re-formed in the Krasnaya Polyana area. From this period, the Regiment fought from July 1941 to November 1946. He went from the Moscow region to Berlin, participated in the liberation of Belarus,Poland(Warsaw), participated in the battles for the capture of Berlin( there is also an inscription on the wall of the Reichstag). The 295th Guards Regiment fought as part of the 2nd Belorussian front. He participated in the battles for the capture of the bridgehead on the Vistula river, the Oder river, providing uninterrupted communication on the correction of the fire of his Artillery Regiment. He carried out communication across the river on an amphibious vehicle in the battles on the Oder river in Germany. The vehicle was hit by a shell, it almost sank and he had to stand on a battered car in waist-deep water, under enemy bullets and shells for many hours to keep in touch with the Regiment. He took part in the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland.For participation in battles on the fronts of the great Patriotic war of 1941-1945 he was awarded the Order of the ""Patriotic war of the 1st class"", the Order of the ""Red Star"",the Medal ""For Bravery"", the Medal ""For Military merit"",the Medal ""For the capture of Warsaw"",the Medal ""For the capture of Berlin"",the Medal ""For the Victory over Germany""."
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