Yegor Bespalov was drafted into the army in an anti-aircraft artillery regiment, soon after the beginning of the war. He was assigned to the 1st Guards Mechanized Division in Ukraine under the command of Major General Ivan Russiyanov in 1942, where he served as a loader of the M-17 machine gun on American built armored car. He fought in Hungary, Austria, and Iran, and after the war was sent to Georgia – Tbilisi, where he was demobilized. For military exploits, he was awarded Order of the Patriotic War, medals For the Victory over Germany, For the Capture of Budapest, Zhukov Medal.