<prompt> Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Vertelko akabatana neRed Army muna Gumiguru 1943, pakutanga achidzidziswa ne72nd Reserve Training Rifle Regiment ye9th Rifle Division. Aizoyeuka gare gare kuti akatanga kutora mhiko musi wa3 November 1943. Nokupedza kurovedzwa kwake, akatumirwa kunhare muna Kurume 1944, achishanda semucherechedzi mu75th Motorcycle Reconnaissance Battalion ye29th Tank Corps, ne5th Guards Tank Army. Akapukunyuka parumananzombe apo imwe shamwari yakazvipira kuchinjana makomba naye pamberi pokurwisa kweGermany. Gomba rakapfura mugomba raichimbova raVaVertko, richiuraya murume wavakanga vachinjana naye. Vertelko akapfuurira kuona chiito muhondo dzakawanda sezvo Red Army yakadzorera masimba anogara. Akapihwa menduru ye For Courage mushure mekusunungurwa kweMinsk, uye akaenderera mberi nekutora chikamu muhondo dzeVilnius kurwisa  <response>: , zvichikonzera kusunungurwa kweMolodechno, Borisov, Kaunas, neVilnius. 