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Aleksandra Grigoryevna Samusenko ((ロシア語:Александра Григорьевна Самусенко), (ウクライナ語:Олександра Григорівна Самусенко); 1922, Chita—March 3, 1945) was a Soviet commander of the T-34 tank and a liaison officer during World War II. She was the only female tankman in the 1st Guards Tank Army.〔 Samusenko was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War 1st class and the Order of the Red Star, which she received for bravery in the Battle of Kursk. ==Life== Samusenko began her tour of duty as a private in an infantry platoon. Later she successfully finished the tank academy. Samusenko received her Order of the Red Star when her tank crew defeated three German Tiger I tanks.〔 Later Samusenko participated in the Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive.〔 World War II veteran and writer Fabian Garin, in his book ''Tsvety na tankakh'' (''The Flowers on Tanks''), mentions an episode from Samusenko's personal life, when a certain Mindlin, who fell in love with her, asked her "not to smoke and drink". Samusenko parried with "Maybe you have fallen in love?", kissed him on the head and stopped smoking and drinking thereafter. US Army Sergeant Joseph Beyrle, who had escaped from Stalag III-C POW camp in Alt Drewitz in early January 1945, encountered Samusenko's tank brigade in the middle of January. Beyrle, the only American soldier known to have served with both the United States Army and the Soviet Army in World War II, was eventually able to persuade her to allow him to fight alongside the unit on its way to Berlin, thus beginning a month-long stint in a Soviet tank battalion where his demolitions expertise was appreciated. Samusenko died from wounds in the German village of Zülzefitz (70 km from Berlin) during the East Pomeranian Offensive. According to World War II veteran Pyotr Demidov, she was crushed under the caterpillar tracks of a tank, which did not notice the accompanying people in the darkness.〔 She was buried in Łobez, Poland, near the monument to William I.〔 Beyrle, who said that Samusenko lost both her husband and entire family during the war, cited Samusenko as a symbol of the fortitude and courage displayed by the Soviet people in that period. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aleksandra Samusenko」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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