US Marines firing at Japanese soldiers hiding behind debris in Saipan; June-July 1944.
   Saipan is the largest island of the Northern Mariana Islands the western Pacific Ocean. 

A view from a broken window

Matryona Goncharova, born 1924. In 1942, she volunteered for the front. Demobilized in the 45th in Germany.

She was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the second degree and medals "For Courage", For the victory over Germany, For the capture of Budapest and many others.
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Female Red Army soldier

Aleksandra and Ivan Boiko, a married couple, served together as tank commander and driver, respectively.
She commanded a crew on an IS-2 and had 5 confirmed enemy tanks/SPGs destroyed. 