"The purpose of this book is to give the reader an accurate picture of the experiences that the infantryman - the shooter and the commander - experiences while in the famous regiment, and those thoughts that visit him. The book arose from diary entries cast in the form of memoirs. I tried to write down direct impressions, because I noticed how quickly they are erased in memory, after several days, taking on a completely different color. I spent a lot of effort to write down a bunch of notebooks... and don't regret it. I'm not a war correspondent, nor do I offer hero collections; my intention is not painting, as it could be, but to describe everything as it was in reality."