Alexey Golovach (right) with front-line friend Andrey Shishkin. They began service in 1941 in the city of Berdsk in the 285th Ski Reserve Regiment, fought in 1941-1944, broke the siege of Leningrad, libirated Krasnoe Selo. They were sent to the hospital #919 in Leningrad in January 1944. Their next meeting took place only in 1959.