USSR, Order of Glory to Private Ivan Anatolyevich Kaveiny, 178 Rifle Division, 332 Artillery Regiment, despite intense enemy fire he identified enemy weapon positions and marked them on survey maps, ensuring timely and accurate artillery fire, see history
USSR, Order of Glory awarded to Private Ivan Anatolyevich Kaveiny of the 178th Rifle Division, 332nd Artillery Regiment, surveying and calculation specialist, during the breakthrough of the enemy permanent defences in the area of the village of Karmeshki, despite intense enemy fire he skilfully and fearlessly identified enemy weapons positions and marked them on survey maps, thereby ensuring timely and accurate artillery fire, June 1944, he was recommended by two officers for the order of glory, see history
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Citation Summary:
During the breakthrough of the enemy's permanent defenses in the area of the village of Kameshki, he, together with the topographic reconnaissance squad, operated within the infantry combat formations. Despite intense enemy fire, he skilfully and fearlessly identified enemy weapons positions and marked them on survey maps, thereby ensuring timely and accurate artillery fire.
In just three days of fighting, from June 9 to June 12, 1944, he discovered and mapped five machine-gun nests, one artillery battery, and one anti-tank gun. Thanks to the timely identification, these targets were effectively suppressed by our regiment's artillery fire.
Starting from June 20, 1944, he served as a field telephone operator, fulfilling his assigned combat tasks with ingenuity and bravery. For example, in the battle for Hill 38.0, under heavy enemy artillery fire, he repaired six breaks in the telephone line, thereby ensuring uninterrupted command communication for our artillery units and timely fire support for attacking infantry.
He is deserving of the Order of Glory, 3rd Class.
Regimental Commander: Major Guchin
(June 24, 1944)
He is deserving of the Order of Glory, 3rd Class.
Artillery Commander of the 178th Rifle Division: Guards Lieutenant Colonel Tupikov
(June 28, 1944)