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post, Sassun's machine gun ran out of order. He asked his comrade-in-arms to switch on the lighter and started to dismantle the machine gun. At that time he managed to managed take his wounded comrades-in-arms to the rear and hurried back to help his officers to recapture Talish post. On the night of
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Mkrtchyan was posthumously awarded the Republic of Armenia medal "For Military Services" by order No 32-Ա issued in 2016 by the
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