<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - U-Vertelko wajoyina iRed Army ngo-Okthoba 1943, ekuqaleni waqeqeshwa ne-72nd Reserve Training Rifle Regiment ye-9th Rifle Division. Kamuva wayezokhumbula ukuthi wafunga okokuqala ngoNovemba 3, 1943. Ngokuphothulwa kokuqeqeshwa kwakhe, wathunyelwa phambili ngoMashi 1944, wakhonza njenge-scout e-75th Motorcycle Reconnaissance Battalion ye-29th Tank Corps, ne-5th Guards Tank Army. Wasinda ngokulambisa lapho omunye umngane wakhe ezimisele ukushintshana naye emathuneni ngaphambi kokuba amaJalimane ahlasele. Isibhamu sahlasela isakhiwo sikaTruelko esidala, sabulala umuntu ayeshintshana naye. U-Vertulko waqhubeka nokubona isenzo ezimpini eziningi njengoba iButho Lebomvu licindezela amabutho okuhlala. Wanikezwa indondo ethi For Courage ngemuva kokukhululwa kweMinsk, futhi waqhubeka nokubamba iqhaza ezimpini zokuhlaselwa kweVilnius  <response>: , okwaholela ekukhululweni kweMolodechno, iBorisov, iKaunas, neVilnius. 