Rafail Yakovlevich Rozental

Order of the Red Star nr. 695997 was awarded by Order of the 2nd Tank Army of June 2, 1944 to 51-year-old Lieutenant Colonel of the Medical Service Rafail Yakovlevich Rozental, chief of Mobile Surgical Field Hospital nr. 180, 2nd Tank Army, 2nd Ukrainian Front.

Promotions

Date

Military Physician 2nd Grade [Major]

February 27, 1942

Major of the Medical Service

June 26, 1943

Lieutenant Colonel of the Medical Service

February 22, 1944


Award citation

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1. Last name, first name and patronymic: Rozental, Rafail Yakovlevich
2. Rank: Major of the Medical Service
3. Position and unit: Chief of Mobile Surgical Field Hospital nr. 180

Nominated for: Order of the Red Star

4. Year of birth: 1893
5. Nationality: Jewish
6. Party membership and period: Not a member
7. Participation in the Civil War, the subsequent combat actions to defend the USSR, and the Patriotic War (where and when): Since June 22, 1941 on the Kalinin, Central, 1st Ukrainian, and 2nd Ukrainian Fronts
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: No
9. Since when in the Red Army: June 22, 1941
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Khimki Raion, city of Moscow
11. Previous awards (for which achievements): Medal for Combat Merit and Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and his family's address: _______________

Brief, concrete description of his feat of arms or achievements:

During the combat operation, comrade Rozental set up the hosital in the village of Adamovka without delay and started admitting wounded men within 2 hours, thus ensuring they were provided proper medical care. Despite the absence of passable roads and a lack of transport vehicles, he organized the transportation of 150 men over a distance of 2 kilometers to the village of Pogrebishche. Through his able leadership he ensured the wounded were evacuated in a timely manner, which allowed for the hospital to be relocated to a new location.

During the offensive operations of March-April 1944, comrade Rozental set up his hospital in four different locations (Zhabinka, Mankovka, Dzhulinka, and Dzygovka), leaving personnel in each of these to provide medical care; he himself, present in all of these locations, worked tirelessly to ensure the wounded were admitted and received long-term treatment, since evacuation routes were absent.

Comrade Rozental, who always follows the Army's Medical Service's orders, ensures that the hospital acts in a timely manner and functions efficiently, instilling in his team a sense of dedication to their motherland and cultivating enthusiasm for their job and a cordial attitude toward the wounded.

He deserves the Order of the Red Star.

Interim chief of the Medical Service of the 2nd Tank Army
Major of the Medical Service [signed] /Volosevich/
April 20, 1944



Rafail Yakovlevich Rozental


Order of the Red Star nr. 695997, obverse and reverse



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