In 1943 Kharkiv was released, and Anatoliy Nasedkin joined the army as a volunteer. In the Orel-Kursk direction battles Anatoliy got a seriously wound. Long months in field hospital and then in hospitals of Tula, Moscow, Sverdlovsk passed. Only in 1945 he finally came back to life. A medal «For Valour», which he received during that fight when he was seriously wounded, was the dearest of all the awards.