pestushka, yuriy and i met at his work, where he... stopped by to visit his colleagues, he says, he did not get to the front on the first try, he was not accepted into the army wanted, at that time the man was almost 59 years old. at the beginning of military operations... in the 22nd year, as soon as the war started, i went to the military office the very next day and said that since the war had started, the armor was removed from me, like a judge, because i belong to the category of sergeants and a mechanic, a driver of a tank, a medium tank, to which the commissar replied that you are alone in the court so that he would not see me here again, after that i came two more times. but received the same answer, then says he was offered a legal position, refused because he wanted to take it participation in hostilities, that's how i got into the tank battalion of the 17th tank brigade, they called me outside the tent and said, you're a judge, i say yes, i'm a judge, how can you prove it, i say, i 'll prove it, i'm not going to do anything, i'm just a judge, but they still didn't believe