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Spohady uchasnyka vyzvol′nych boyiv Ukrayins′koyi Povstans′koyi Armiyi pro tryvozhni chasy boyovych diy za Vil′nu Ukrayinu. V knyzi nemalo chvylyuyuchych spomyniv pro heroyizm voyiniv UPA, yaskravych kartyn boyovych operatsiy. Z velykym teplom avtor zhaduye pro svoyich pobratymiv, voyakiv sotni Hromenka, komandyriv UPA. … Zbulasya yunats′ka mriya avtora: ukrayins′kyy narod maye svoyu derzhavu. Pan Ivan Yovyk i yoho druzhyna pani Mariya Yovyk mayut′ mozhlyvist′ teper buvaty v vil′niy suverenniy Ukrayini. Razom iz zarubizhnymy patriotamy molodoyi derzhavy simya Yovykiv dopomahaye dityam-syrotam Ukrayiny, spivpratsyuyuchy iz ZHinochoyu Hromadoyu. Korotko pro avtora, vlasnyka schodennyka, pana Ivana Yovyka, v UPA — Sokolenka, chorunzhoho, bunchuzhnoho sotni Hromenka. Narodyvsya Ivan Yovyk v 1918 rotsi v seli CHyshevychi v 30 kilometrach vid L′vova v bahatoditniy selyans′kiy simyi. Navchavsya v sil′s′kiy shkoli, a potim v himnaziyi v Peremyshli. Z 1938 roku — sluzhba v pol′s′kiy armiyi, navchannya v starshyns′kiy shkoli. 1939–1942 roky — nimets′kyy polon, robota u baueriv. V 1942 rotsi Ivan Yovyk povernuvsya na ridnu zemlyu, okupovanu Nimechchynoyu, i zrazu vklyuchyvsya v natsional′no-vyzvol′nu borot′bu. Zaraz pan Ivan Yovyk z simyeyu prozhyvaye v SSHA. (1995).
