About the book: 2009 / A fighter of the legendary 181st separate reconnaissance detachment of the Northern Fleet, Makar Babikov during the Great Patriotic War participated in the most risky raids and sabotage operations behind enemy lines - the defeat of German garrisons on the shores of the Barents Sea, the capture of an artillery battery at Cape Krestovy, etc. - and he was awarded the Gold Star of the Hero for a desperate landing in the South Korean city of Seishin in August 1945, when, having landed from torpedo boats, his platoon captured the port in battle and a strategic bridge and, despite the continuous counterattacks of the Japanese, held the bridgehead for almost a day until the main forces arrived. This book was included in the golden fund of memoirs about the Second World War. This is a fascinating story about the exploits of the Soviet Marine Corps, which terrified the enemy and was nicknamed the “Black Death.”».