RUSSIAN GIRL
army lieutenant
KILLED 309 GERMANS
kilier nf £ avllch enko, aged 26, inlt™V 09 G , e , rmans ' reached Washington from Moscow for the International Student Assembly, says the American News Magazine, "Time, pnnri br ° w n-eyed, soft spoken, f°°£ lookin g in a boyish way, in the dark green uniform and black boots Army semor lle utenant in the Red
On her breast were four medals for bravery and markmanship. The Germans got to know her very well' once they called to her by loud speaker over the battlefield, offering her cake and chocolate to "come over to us." Asked how she felt when she picked off her first Nazi, she replied: "How can a human being feel when killing a poisonous snake? Her score is actually 311. She explained that the first two were not Germans, but Rumanians, and only "trial shots" to qualify her as a sniper.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 242, 13 October 1942, Page 5
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