Branch of military: Armored and mechanized troops When the war began, Pyotr Fedoseevich was 16 years old. They didn't take him to the front. After completing short-term courses, young Peter got a job as an assistant locomotive driver. He helped transport cargo on the Siberian railway. They worked around the clock. Entire defense factories were evacuated to Siberia. Equipment and ammunition were delivered to the front line. A year later, he became a duty officer at the station in Tatarsk, Novosibirsk region. On September 19, 1943, he was called up for active service and sent to the tank unit of the 4th separate tank regiment. Peter was the third in a large family, where everyone respected his father very much and obeyed him implicitly. He and his two older brothers were used to hard work and discipline. Therefore, the service of a young soldier did not seem difficult, and it is a great honor to become a tank driver! The first battle changed all ideas about the War. Such a horror of having to kill and the sight of already killed enemies and Soviet soldiers, he did not experience either before the war or after. In a day, the young man became a stern man and a reliable battle companion. I had to rescue crew members from a burning tank, bury friends, and be saved myself when an enemy shell hit the t-34 And the most shell-shocked and burned man was carried out by the soldiers. After the hospital, Pyotr Fedoseyevich returned to the front and liberated Europe as part of the 181st tank brigade of the 110th tank regiment. I received news of the end of the war in Austria. Supreme commander-in-Chief Marshal of the Soviet Union vol. Stalin declared gratitude: - for excellent defensive actions, reflection of 2 Panzer divisions that went on the offensive in the area South-West of the city of Budapest, for the defeat of these divisions and the capture of the cities of Mor, Zirez 21 03. 1945 - For the capture of Zalaserseg and 30 03.1945 g. - for excellent defensive and offensive operations South of lake Balaton and the capture of the cities of Warsaw, Karshend and Sevtgottardz 31.03.1945 -for the capture of the city of Vienna 14.04.1945. After the War, Pyotr Fedoseyevich returned to Siberia to his former work. But young people are difficult to keep in place, and when he learned about the lack of railway workers on Sakhalin, he came without hesitation. He worked as a reserve station attendant at all stations of southern Sakhalin. I witnessed a very important event for the island's economy: the installation of a connecting railway line between the East and West coasts at the Ilinskoe station. After his marriage, he remained on duty at the station in the city of Chekhov. Then he moved to compilers and worked on the same shift with his wife. Who did not know laziness, kept very good physical shape. At the age of 65, he continued to form railway trains, moving along the tracks at a run. Not all young and healthy colleagues could keep up with him. No one saw him tired or irritated. With jokes, jokes, he did any difficult work. He could come in from the night shift and go out again at night, replacing a sick colleague. For conscientiousness and responsibility, he was awarded The "veteran of labor" medal.