Misurkeev Panteleimon Konstantinovich. In the first years of the war, the Soviet Army basically retreated and suffered heavy losses of people and equipment. In 1943, a successful offensive began, our troops drove the Nazis from Soviet territories. The great-grandfather received his first medal "For Courage" in December 1944 during the liberation of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, being in the rank of sergeant, in the position of gunner. Then 2 enemy machine guns were destroyed, the fire of the guns drove off the enemy's tank, making it possible for our infantry to move forward. The second award was the Order of the Patriotic War of the 2nd degree, gun commander senior sergeant Misyurkeev Panteleimon, received during the liberation of East Prussia.