Tamara was commissioned to Hospital № 5018 on Volokolamskoye Shosse to work at first as administrator and then as a nurse.

As remembered by Tamara Maksimova, trucks and buses brought the wounded to the hospital, where Tamara worked, right from the battlefields. The seriously wounded were taken further rearward, but those whose wounds were not critical stayed in her hospital. On such days the hospital personnel moved heaven and earth to get the wounded back on their feet as soon as possible: they washed them, changed the bandages, and prepared them for surgical operations.

In May 1943, Tamara was injured in land mine blast, underwent a long treatment and retired from active service for reasons of health.

The news of the Victory brought about significant changes in people’s lives. For valour and preseverance Tamara Maksimova was decorated with the Patriotic War Order of the Second Grade, the Medal „For the Defense of Moscow” and other rewards.