EAST PRUSSIA 1945 (Rensselaer, Indiana 3/12/00)

69th Ukranian Penal Battalion member (killed leading the assault).

New replacement for the 36th Guards Rifle Division. Stalin is sacrificing the flower of our youth....

The 62nd Army awaits the traditional Vodka ration...

Veterans of many great battles, 343rd Rifle Division troops prepare...

The assault begins!.

Using the concealment of the brush, we close with the Hitlerites...

DOVAI! DOVAI!

Moving to another fighting position, one of our snipers passes a wounded Tovarish...

The mortar team pounds the enemy at close range...

A wounded Tovarish struggles to rise and fight...

URRAHH!!!

Our assault falls short of the objective...more sacrifices for Stalin