Dmitry Yegoshin was called up to the front at the beginning of the war. He was a driver of a military doctor. Somewhere in 1944, moving in a column, came under fire from the air. A nearby bomb set the car on fire. The soldiers pulled him out. After receiving severe burns to his face and hand on the right side, he was sent to the hospital. He become a disabled person of the 3rd group and was demobilized. He was awarded some medals (information about them is lost).