Having learned about the beginning of the war, Andrei Arsentievich Lavrenyuk, without hesitation for a minute, volunteered for the front on June 26. He was appointed commander of the traction squad in the anti-aircraft artillery regiment. Once, finding himself behind enemy lines, he hijacked the Katyusha rocket launcher from the Germans, for which he was later presented to the Order of Glory. During the battle on the Voronezh Front he was seriously wounded and taken prisoner. In captivity, he was sentenced to death, but was able to survive. At the end of 1944, considering military merits and organizational skills, Andrei Arsenievich was transferred to the political department. But he could rarely be found in the political department, more often in the trenches. During the war, he filmed front-line everyday life.