Bazhenova Nonna Grigorievna - a resident of the city of Pugachev, Saratov region, was drafted into the army, in the Tatishchev camps, even before the start of the war. She worked as a nurse in a military hospital. On June 22, 1941, even before the start of the war was announced to the whole country, she took the military oath early in the morning. In 1941 she was captured by the Germans. Escaping from captivity she worked as a nurse in the front-line sanitary-veteran: they took the wounded from the medical battalion and transported them to field and front-line hospitals. For her work in the hospital, Nonna Grigorievna Bazhenova was awarded the Medal for Military Merit ", and after the end of the war - the medal" For Victory over Germany. "