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From premium leaf on company submachine gunner 384 separate battalion of marines Azov Flotilla Senior Red Navy Konstantin Lipilina (for readability allowed himself to correct the mistakes and divide the text into paragraphs):



Marine K.A.Lipilin in 1943.

On the night of 29 of August 30, he landed amphibious assault in the district of Taganrog Bezymenovka village as part of a company with a submachine gun DP manual. Taking with him a bag full of ammunition and grenades, first came ashore, destroyed the machine gun point, prevented the landing troops. At movement (attack) on the locality was an ambush pr-ca. Lipilin was not taken aback, and Herculean strength helped melee hands and the butt of a machine gun to destroy the 4 officers who were trying to take him prisoner. Fritz tried to escape were overtaken Manual. grenades and fire machine gun Lipilina. In the same battle, it destroyed a heavy machine gun, hindering the advance detachment.

With a group of fighters to move forward detachment, he sowed death of the German barbarians, destroying them with fire DP as a machine gun, and the gun hero worked flawlessly, and the avenue to panic rushed. Being wounded, that is. Lipilin did not leave the battlefield until the end of the operation. When you return to the base was handed over to the hospital. As a result of this operation, t. Lipilin Nazis killed more than 50, 2 machine guns, captured the 2 prisoners, threw grenades and set fire to vehicles with loads 6.

The wounds have not yet healed, but left the hospital with Lipilin learn that detachment is again in a combat operation. On the night of 7 to 08/09/43 a landing with a force so on. Olshansky in the region of south-west from the Yalta. Yurevka. The first came ashore. On the move inflicted blows at the enemy fire DP, killed in the first battle with two machine guns servants and provided the rest of the landing of troops. Acting on intelligence, etc. ambush destroyed a minute and grabbed 3 prisoners. At the height. 68, 2 fire covered his left flank detachment. At the same time he destroyed the mortar and 5 soldiers. Saved to 5 attacks due to a serious injury of the second issue of gun. In this operation killed more than 150 soldiers and officers, three machine guns, one mortar, up to 10 wagons and 3 cars.

With the fighting moved to Mariupol, and passed 45 km in the rear pr minute, and first came to the port of Mariupol. In these operations, ie. Lipilin again was wounded twice, but it did not tell anyone until his comrades themselves {} not found and evacuated to hospital. Actions tons. Lipilina in these operations deigned him for the title of "Hero of the Soviet Union."

Commander 384 OBMP
Captain Kotanov





Commander of the Order of the APS Rear Admiral S.G.Gorshkova September 24, 1943 Lipilin was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. Komsomolets Lipilin in 384 m OBMP was not alone: ​​the battalion commander Captain (later Major) Fotis E. Kotanov preparing their land sailors to fame. It is from this battalion at the end of March 1944 will go to Nikolaev - and immortality - 54 paratroopers under the command of company commander submachine first lieutenant Konstantin Fedorovich Olshansky.

It is unlikely now someone will be able to say exactly why the idea did not go to the Hero of the above. Perhaps the Admiral Gorshkov (by the way, the future Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union and the Commander of the Navy) decided to award the Hero their power here and now, instead of having to send documents to Moscow, where their consideration might be delayed indefinitely - because timely presented awards strengthens morale as good lessons politpodgotovke.

Heavy Komsomolets Lipilin born in 1920 was by then an experienced warrior: RKVMF served since 1940 and had a rare medal on the chest - "For the Defense of Odessa." Further information about his fate can not be found, except pleasant fact that at least up to the 40th anniversary of the Victory, he lived and was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War anniversary.