Troops: Troops of NKVD and NKGB (except for frontier troops) Division: 9th Motorized Rifle Division of Internal Troops of the USSR. My father, Grigory Ivanovich Korablev, was born on August 18, 1922 in the village of Popovo in the Pestovsky district of the Novgorod region. He joined the army from the 2nd year of the Leningrad medical Institute. From October 1940 to June 1945, he served in the 145th rifle regiment. In the second half of 1942, the 145th rifle regiment was incorporated into the 9th rifle division of the internal troops of the NKVD of the USSR. Since June, 1945 until August 1945 - 188th rifle regiment. Since August, 1945 till April 1946-952nd battalion (communications Department) - cadet of R / telegr. art. parts. From April 1946 to November 1946 - 2515th art. regiment radio-telegraphist art.parts'. On November 19, 1946, he was demobilized. Additional information: the 145th rifle regiment was part of the 9th rifle division of the internal troops of the NKVD of the USSR. From August 10, 1942 to March 18, 1943, the division was part of the Active Red Army. The division performed garrison duty in the North Caucasus and Western Ukraine, performed tasks at the place of deployment to protect internal law and order, the rear of the Active Red Army, took part in the elimination of political and criminal banditry, in the defense and liberation of the North Caucasus, in the elimination of Western Ukrainian armed detachments of the UPA - OUN, SB – OUN, and Polish armed detachments of the Army of Krajov. Examples of combat, operational and service activities of the division: from 01 to 11 November 1942, the Ordzhonikidze Defense Division destroyed and disabled over 2000 Hitlerites, 14 tanks, 32 vehicles, suppressed 2 artillery batteries, 12 mortar batteries, shot down 9 planes, hit 2 planes, captured 16 tanks. In the first half of 1943 the division units in Krasnodar region detained 289 traitors, 1025 bandits, 1741 deserters from the Red Army, forced 636 bandits to surrender voluntarily to the authorities.