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On to the West

The newspaper of the 9th Mech Corps

The Tribe of Victors

The young soldiers and komsomoltsy (Communist Union of Youth members - trans.) of our unit will fittingly celebrate the glorious anniversary of VLKSM (All-Union Lenin's Communist Union of Youth - trans.). In the bitter struggle against the fascist invaders on Dnieper's right bank komsomoltsy showed themselves as courageous soldiers, to the end devoted to their Motherland.

Fearlessly and selflessly fights the Stalin's tribe for the honor and freedom of the native land. In one battle Sergeant Ivan Vovk from Comrade Khramov's detachment wiped out 3 machine guns of the adversary, a "nomad" mortar, and up to 25 Hitlerites. Komsorg (KOMSOMOL organizer - trans.) Babak wiped out 20 Germans. Komsomolets Private Mikhail Farafonov (Comrade Kornilov's detachment) with a cry of "We'll die, but not retreat!" together with other fighters hurled back the superior forces of the counterattacking enemy. Natasha Peshkova fearlessly fights the enemy, leading the fighters by personal example to heroic deeds.

The whole staff knows the feat of komsomolets Aleksandr Shitikov. With bravery and resourcefulness at the decisive moment he managed to halt the thrust of the German infantry and tanks, and then push them back, inflicting severe losses on the enemy.

We can list tens, hundreds more examples of bravery and courage of our komsomoltsy. The young soldiers know neither exhaustion nor fear in their fight against the enemy. They bravely go into battle and crush the adversary even when his forces are superior to them. This way one komsomolets Rozov destroyed a fascist tank, letting it go over his foxhole for this purpose. Komsomoltsy emerge victorious because they unreservedly love their Motherland and because in their hearts burns inextinguishable hatred of the enemy, who dared to infringe upon her freedom, honor, and independence.

The feeling of the sacred duty before the Motherland leads our young soldiers in combat. Fervent love and devotion to great Stalin inspires them to heroic deeds. Yu. Liudov