Pyotr Pyotrovich Schuchko was conscripted on June 27, 1941 and was appointed Commissar of the 42nd Separate Motor Company. He took part in the battle of Moscow, in the liberation of Volokolamsk, Rzhev, Vilnius, East Prussia, finished the war in Königsberg. He was awarded with the Order of the Red Star (for the liberation of Rzhev), with the Order of the Red Star (for the liberation of Vilnius).