Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Vertelko sonyeere Red Army na Ọktọba 1943, na mbụ na-aga ọzụzụ na 72nd Reserve Training Rifle Regiment nke 9th Rifle Division. Ọ ga-echeta mgbe e mesịrị na ọ buru ụzọ ṅụọ iyi na 3 Nọvemba 1943. Mgbe ọ gụchara ọzụzụ ya, e zigara ya n'ihu na Machị 1944, na-eje ozi dị ka onye nyocha na Battalion nke 75th Motorcycle Reconnaissance nke 29th Tank Corps, na 5th Guards Tank Army. Ọ fọrọ nke nta ka ọ nwụọ mgbe otu onye òtù ya gwara ya ka ya na ya nọkọọ tupu ndị Germany ebuso ha agha. Otu ogbunigwe gbara n'ebe ndị agha Tellko nọbu, gbuo nwoke ya na ya gbanwere. Vertelko gara n'ihu ịhụ ọgụ n'ọtụtụ agha ka ndị agha Red Army na-agbagha ndị agha na-arụ ọrụ. E nyere ya ihe nrite "For Courage" mgbe a tọhapụsịrị Minsk, ma gaa n'ihu na-ekere òkè n'agha nke Vilnius na-awakpo
, nke rụpụtara nnwere onwe nke Molodechno, Borisov, Kaunas, na Vilnius.