Table of Contents
List of Illustrations vi
Translator's Introduction vii
Chapter 1 My First- Shot at the Enemy 1
Chapter 2 A Successful Ambush 7
Chapter 3 Fighting on the Narva River 13
Chapter 4 A Soldier's Conversation 29
Chapter 5 On Reconnaissance 35
Chapter 6 My First Wound 47
Chapter 7 The Fight for the Wooded Hill 56
Chapter 8 Behind Enemy Lines 67
Chapter 9 In the Vicinity of Ropsha 75
Chapter 10 The Decisive Battle 86
Chapter 11 Ulyanov's Death 99
Chapter 12 Home 110
Chapter 13 'A Mistake' 117
Chapter 14 At the Front and in the Rear 124
Chapter 15 In the Administrative Platoon 138
Chapter 16 A Trench Stage 146
Chapter 17 In Ceiling Rubble 153
Chapter 18 The Staro-Panovo Operation 159
Chapter 19 Encounters 170
Chapter 20 The Brown Rat 174
Chapter 21 Joyful News 181
Chapter 22 Soviet Army Day 186
Chapter 23 The Ruhr Mine Worker 194
Chapter 24 A Soldier Hurries 198
Chapter 25 A Competition 206
Chapter 26 The Unknown Visitor 215
Chapter 27 The Final Meeting with My Son 225
Chapter 28 Waiting 231
Chapter 29 The Joyous Day 237
Chapter 30 The Photograph 247
Chapter 31 Familiar Places 256
Chapter 32 Caring Hands 270
Index 277
