About the book: 1983 / A book about military valor, about loyalty to military duty, about risk and courage that give rise to feat in days of war and in days of peace. Among the characters in the book are “Maresyev’s sister,” tank driver Lagunova, who suffered a serious injury but did not leave the army; division Komsomol organizer Borisov, who stood up with his comrades against the avalanche of “tigers”; liaison officer of the 5th Guards Mechanized Zimovnikovsky Corps, Lieutenant Ovcharenko, conducting his “report” from the very thick of battles with the Nazis. In difficult conditions of exercises, flights and campaigns, in critical situations that arise during the performance of combat missions, the heirs to the glory of front-line soldiers - modern ones - reveal their characters defenders of the Motherland: pilots Kozlovsky and Trofimov, border guards at the outpost named after Hero of the Soviet Union Oleshev and many, many others, whose fates the book told about. For the general reader.