Russia's Japanese Islands Invasion - Veterans Resources

Alexander Matveyevich Matrosov (February 05, 1924 - February 22 or 27, 1943), born in Yekaterinoslav (now Dnipropetrovsk) was a famous Soviet infantry soldier during World War II. On February 22, 1943 in the battle for the village of Chernushki near Pskov, Matrosov threw himself onto a German pill-box, blocking the machine-gun with his own ... ................
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