Between 23 March and 13 May 1940, the 2nd Company and the 1st Platoon of the 1st Company completed one of the important assignments set by the Main Administration of Convoy Troops and the Brigade Command [in] clearing out the Kozelsk NKVD prisoner-of-war camp. Despite all the strain and complexity of the operation, both in the convoying as well as in the guarding of the camp itself, the set assignment to clear out the camp without permitting a single escape by POWs or [any] service violation was carried out. The representative of the USSR NKVD Main Administration of Convoy Troops, Colonel Com. Stepanov, evaluated the work done as good. An especially model example in the implementation of the assignment both in the guarding as well as in the convoying [work] for this period was set by the following comrades: Unit Commander of the 2nd Company Com. Tatarenko, [who] exceptionally precisely, competently, and ably executed the important and responsible role assigned to him in this operation as head of the operational group.

Unit Commander of the 2nd Company Com. Korablev excellently performed his duty as convoy commander. Platoon Commander of the 1st Company 2nd Lieutenant Com. Bezmozgy, despite the fact that he was fulfilling for the first time the duties of a convoy head, handled his assignment excellently. In addition, the entire personnel contingent of the troops, commanded by 2nd Lieutenant Com. Bezmozgy, participated in carrying out the work assigned to them and performed it excellently without a single violation of the law. Platoon Commander of the 2nd Company 2nd Lieutenant Com. Koptev, being the convoy head, excellently carried out the assignment set him—for [all of] which I declare thanks to all the comrades listed above and reward [them as follows]: Com. Tatarenko, 70 rubles; Com. Korablev, 50 rubles; Com. Bezmozgy, 70 rubles; Com. Koptev, 70 rubles.

Red Army soldiers of the 2nd Company, Coms. Pavlenko, Gavrilov, Dubrov, Prokofiev, Panov, V. L. Zakharov, M. F. Sharin, [and] Red Army soldiers of the 1st Company, Coms. Antropov, Khramtsov, Ponomarev, Shchukin [and] Kuchumov, have excellently performed their duties, for which I declare thanks and reward [them as follows]: Com. Pavlenko [with] 60 rubles; Coms. Zakharov, Sharin, Antropov, Khramtsov, Ponomarev, Kuchumov, and Shchukin with ten days' home leave each. I thank Corns. Gavrilov, Dubrov, and Prokofiev and reward them with 25 rubles each.

Battalion Dispatcher Com. Goriachko performed his work exceptionally precisely, seriously, and competently, for which I thank him.