Conversation so far:
What did Aleksandr do in the war?
During the war, Solzhenitsyn served as the commander of a sound-ranging battery in the Red Army, was involved in major action at the front, and was twice decorated.
Did he receive any other awards?
He was awarded the Order of the Red Star on 8 July 1944 for sound-ranging two German artillery batteries and adjusting counterbattery fire onto them, resulting in their destruction.

Question: What else happened while he was in the war?
Self-contained rewrite: What else happened while Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was in the war besides being awarded Order of the Red Star?