Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei rarangi - I whakauruhia ia ki te ope Whero i te tau 1942, a ka noho hei kaipupuri miihini i te 118th Guards Rifle Regiment o te 37th Guards Rifle Division. I whawhai ia i te whakaekenga a te Soviet i te Pakanga o Kursk
i te Hōngongoi 1943.