Pranas Beleckas-Milnerist ja saatuslikust lahingust Gudai veski juures

Pranas Beleckas was a non-commissioned officer in the Lithuanian army, a brave and determined fighter. His nephew Zigmas remembers a touching meeting on Easter night in the Akmenė church: "Someone put a heavy hand on my shoulder. Turning around, I saw Uncle Pranas with Jonas Šiuša. 'How are you, Žebenkščiuk?', I heard a gentle question." This is how the partisans called the thirteen-year-old boy who brought them food and medicine.

Pranas and his closest comrade Jonas Šiuša were known as extremely brave fighters. Together they dared to do what others avoided - they even visited the towns of Akmenė and Viekšniai at night, right under the noses of Soviet officers. However, Pranas became most famous after the clash at Gudai mill, where Vytis's squad led by him killed four Chekists, including Lieutenant Pozdniakov.

This event became fatal - the Soviet security began to especially persecute the unit. Pranas always carried a revolver on his belt and even kept his hand on the weapon while sleeping. This helped him more than once, but even such constant readiness did not protect him from the last battle, when in June 1949, after Pentecost, he and his comrades were killed near the Venta River.