Poster "Not sparing the blood and life"

Poster from the series of the exploits of Soviet soldiers during the great Patriotic war. Artist V. N. Shcherbakov. The plot of this poster is associated with the heroism of the stasis of Danauskas. Poster A3, the reverse net. The state of preservation is good.

Stasis Kosiewicz of Sadauskas (1917, village Landreneau (Kandrėnėliai), novoaleksandrovskaya district, Kovno province — October 13, 1944, village Pleskei (Plaškiai), East Prussia) — Soviet Lithuanian military, the participant of the great Patriotic war, hero of the Soviet Union. In the beginning of the war stasis was enrolled in a fighter battalion. After the defeat of the main forces in the North-Western front, a group of police officers after a long trip on the German rears out to the parts of the red army. He was evacuated to Kostroma, lived at the station Ney Northern railway. In 1942 he was accepted into the CPSU(b).

In January 1942 Sadauskas was drafted into the red army, sent to the front in December. Served as a gunner guns 224 artillery regiment, from December 1942 to August 1943 fought on the Central front, from October 1943, the 1st Baltic front. In January 1944, for military distinction was awarded the medal "For courage" second medal was awarded in September 1944. In the same month as part of the 16th Lithuanian infantry division participated in the battles for the liberation of the Baltic States and the breakthrough on the Kelme-Tilsit direction.

13 October 1944 when the advance of the red Army on the Neman near the village Plaine (18 km North-West of Tilzit) the advancing of the was contradicory. The weapon of the Junior Sergeant Sadauskas was in combat formations on the position of the 3rd company of the 67th infantry regiment. He was moved 13 tanks accompanied by infantry. From a distance of 300-400 meters stasis opened fire with direct fire knocked out two medium tanks. The gun remained in place even after the retreat of the infantry. Enemy shells the guns were broken panorama, the whole crew died, and Danauskas was severely wounded. Despite the pain, he continued to fire.

The last shot was hit by another tank, but he the youngest Sergeant Sadauskas was mortally wounded by shrapnel exploded near the projectile. Decree of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet of 24 March 1945 "for exemplary performance of command assignments at the front against the Nazi invaders and displaying courage and heroism", Junior Sergeant Sadauskas Stasis Kosiewicz was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. The same day he was posthumously awarded the order of Lenin.