 It took part in the capture of Krasnohrad.Reaching the Dnieper southeast of Kremenchug, the 5th covered the crossing of the river and the capture and expansion of a bridgehead at Borodaivka on the right bank.1181st Regiment commander Major Grigory Dernovsky, battery commander Senior Lieutenant Alexander Mikhailov, firing platoon commander Junior Lieutenant Pavel Morozov, and gun commander Senior Sergeant Alexander Zubarev received the title Hero of the Soviet Union for their actions in the fighting for the bridgehead.