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The Site of the Battle and Death of Lithuanian Partisans Pranas Vaivada-Milžinas and Aleksandras Maskeliūnas-Strazdas

On June 2, 1946, a battle took place at the crossroads of the Bestraigiškiai, Rusoniai, and Vainiūnai roads, during which partisans Aleksandras Maskeliūnas-Strazdas and squad leader Pranas Vaivada-Milžinas of the Dainava district's Šarūnas battalion, Mindaugas group, were killed. During the same clash, Bronius Saveikis-Klajūnas was injured but managed to escape. The bodies of the fallen partisans were desecrated in the square of Seirijai town, serving as a grim reminder of the brutality of the Soviet regime at that time and the fighters' sacrifice for Lithuania's freedom.

The Site of the Battle and Death of Lithuanian Partisans Pranas Vaivada-Milžinas and Aleksandras Maskeliūnas-Strazdas

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