In total, during the operation to break the blockade from 01.01 to 01.04.1943, 1884 people were evacuated by dog ​​teams from the 55th Army alone, including 598 with weapons, and 80,162 kg of cargo were transported.

«And in the medical company we had dogs. So the sled orderlies called them «service dogs.» I especially remember one orderly, Laikas. They were harnessed by a very young guy, and with him were four dogs. Two healthy ones. Sah. How many shaggy, they looked like shepherds. And two, I think, barking into a sled in the winter on two skis, and in the summer on wheels. Our fearless sledder carried people under fire from the battlefield! You know, our literature, in my opinion, is indebted to the soldiers who rose up together with the dogs. It was an absolutely amazing, unique type of service in the active army. When with «combat weapons» you can talk, and cry, and think together. Our soldier hummed a song from time to time about medical dogs and about those who «look for mines, blow up tanks. It was specifically for him and his four-legged I owe my life to this dispute»