Celebrating Women's Day, the U.S.S.R. has conferred high distinction* on women engaged on important war work and erven in the army. The highest distinction, Hero of the Soviet Union, has been conferred on a woman machine-gunner. Picture shows a young Rv«sian student in training to be a machine-gunner.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 57, 9 March 1942, Page 5
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48Celebrating Women's Day, the U.S.S.R. has conferred high distinction* on women engaged on important war work and erven in the army. The highest distinction, Hero of the Soviet Union, has been conferred on a woman machine-gunner. Picture shows a young Rv«sian student in training to be a machine-gunner. Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 57, 9 March 1942, Page 5
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