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Real Life Comics, no. 8<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0(Nov. 1942<\/span><\/strong>)\u00a0 CONTENTS<\/span><\/span>:<\/p>

“Black Phantoms : The Story of the Commandos” 7p. —<\/p>

“Malta, Stronghold of Courage” 7 p. —<\/p>

“Benito Juarez, Redeemer of Mexico” 8 p. —<\/p>

“Draja Mihailovitch, the Yugoslav MacArthur” 7 p. —<\/span><\/span><\/p>

“Johnny Appleseed” 2 p.text —<\/p>

“Miguel de Cervantes” 5 p. —<\/p>

“West Point, the Army’s Alma Mater” 6 p. — “Brigadier General Claire L.\u00a0 Chennault” (Aces of the Air) 7 p. —<\/p>

“Igor Sikorsky : The Story of the Winged ‘S'” 5 p. — “2nd Lieutenant Alexander R. Nininger, Jr.” 3 p. — “Leonardo Da Vinci” 5 p. —<\/p>

Call no.: PN6728.1.N4R4no.8<\/p>

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Many, MANY thanks to Comic Art Bibliographer Randall W. Scott of the Special Collections Division of 100 Library, Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, 44824-1048 USA.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

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I am so deeply appreciative…. and know you’ll all be happy too!\u00a0 MKB<\/p>

Again, thanks to\u00a0Carl Savich’s<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\u00a0detective work also!<\/p>

Carl just emailed and said how lucky we were to find this\u00a0PRIMARY SOURCE<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\u00a0document!\u00a0 He’s right!<\/p>

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John Buffalini wrote:<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0“This is absolutely amazing.\u00a0 I would never have thought in a million years that there was a comic book about General Draza.\u00a0 Congratulations on yet another score on your wonderful and expansive project on preserving our Serbian history.”<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>

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Kathy Loverich added<\/strong><\/span><\/span>:\u00a0\u00a0“As the saying goes:\u00a0 ‘Ask and you shall receive.’ Once again you have managed to do the impossible!\u00a0 Thanks once again for sharing this delightful piece of our history!”<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

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\u00a0Above is the poster from the popular WWII movie.<\/p>

Chetniks!\u00a0 The Fighting Guerrillas!\u00a0 <——<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>

Click on the link to play movie<\/p>

Read more about this on Wikipedia.<\/p>

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Read OSS Radioman<\/p>

Arthur Jibilian’s (Jibby’s) Story here!<\/p>

The Fighting Guerrillas<\/a><\/p>

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Read\u00a0Aleksandar Milosevic’s<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0account of the rescue as commented in the Congressional Record, Washington, DC, Thursday, Nov. 19, 1987.<\/p>

From http:\/\/www.srpska-mreza.com<\/a><\/p>

(Read the WHOLE report by clicking link above!)<\/p>

Milosevic served as an artillery commander under General Mihailovich, who offered an eyewitness account as to the heroic efforts and sacrifices of the Serbian people who saved the lives of the downed airmen.\u00a0 The First Ravna Gora Corps organized the reception, lodging and food as well as the continuous protection required of the airmen.<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0“T<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span>he operation itself was a significant and major united military effort between the U.S. Air Forces and the entire Ravna Gora Movement under the command of General Draza Mihailovich.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Specifically, it include the Western Morava Group of Corps which consisted of the First and Second Corps of Sumadia, the First and Second Corps of Ravna Gora, the Corps of Valjevo and Corps of Pozega.\u00a0 The strength of these corps numbered some 7,500 men.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0“At the end of August, there followed two smaller evacuations from Pranjani, then three more evacuations, also of a smaller scope, followed. One took place in the village of Svileuva not far from Kiceljeve around September 17th, and two in the region of Boljanici not far from Doboj [Bosnia]. The first occurred at the end of October, and the second on December 27, 1944.”<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 “All in all there were approximately 600 airmen evacuated of which over 500 were Americans while remainder were from other allied forces.<\/span>\u00a0It would take many more words if I were to begin to cite examples which would show with what love and sacrifice the Sebian people, through their Ravna Gora Movement headed by General Mihailovich, participated in these rescues.”<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0“I leave this to the rescued airmen with the deep belief that among them there is not one who does not have at least one souvenir of remembrance of that effect. I also leave it to these men to tell the American people how much truth there is in the spurious disinformation since emanating from the communist government of Yugoslavia. I would, however, like to emphasize, as commander of the Western Morava Groups of corps, that were to Germans to have attacked during the evacuation of August 10, 1944, our units, although poorly armed and low on ammunition, would have defended the American Fliers to the last man.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>

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– A.M. Milosevic –<\/strong><\/span><\/div>
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Sincerest Condolences to Ted Connolly on the loss of his dear mother this June, 2009. While going through some of her strong boxes, he found this golden treasure:<\/div>
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Olive Wood Carving of Draza Mihailovich by George Bozich of Phoenix, Arizona,
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given to Milan M. Karlo as a gift,\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
and then passed on to me, his daughter, Milana M. Karlo Bizic.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>
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George wrote\/carved on the back<\/span>:\u00a0<\/div>
Dragoljub Draza Mihailovich, ubijen od\u00a0 Komunista u Beogradu, 17 Jula. 1946. G. Bozich<\/span>
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\u00a0George Bozic was a former Monroe, Michigan auto worker, who settled in Phoenix, Arizona after retirement.\u00a0 He was a pioneer founder of the St. Nikola parish where he lived nearby.\u00a0 He carved remarkable likenesses of Serbian greats and his works were printed in the Observer pages.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>
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Comic strips of how Chetnik movement got started from a book belonging to<\/strong><\/span><\/div>
+Major Aleksandar Crepajac<\/strong><\/span><\/div>
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Sat Jun 20, 2009 8:57 am (PDT)
‘Forgotten 500’ pay tribute to Serbian peasants

Posted by: “osssociety@aol.com” osssociety@aol.com
Sat Jun 20, 2009 1:32 pm (PDT)<\/p>

Airmen recall life-saving help they received from Serbian Chetnik peasants<\/strong><\/span><\/div>
By DAVID WARFIELD – H-P Staff Writer<\/strong>
Published: Saturday, June 20, 2009 1:09 PM EDT<\/strong>
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BENTON TOWNSHIP\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>–\u00a0The Lest We Forget<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0events keep the stories of ordinary Americans’ extraordinary heroism in World War II alive in Southwest Michigan.

But throughout the war there were countless stories of heroism, bravery and sacrifice that were too often lost to the historical record.

Members of “The Forgotten 500” met Thursday
at the Lake Michigan College Mendel Center to celebrate the memory of Operation Halyard, a daring airlift behind enemy lines to rescue the
more than 500 downed American airmen in the hills of former Yugoslavia in the summer of 1944.

The operation – and the bravery and generosity of the Serbian Chetnik peasants and resistance fighters who made the rescues possible – is recounted in a book titled “The Forgotten 500” by Gregory Freeman.

Freeman and others were on hand Thursday along with several American airmen who were a part of
Operation Halyard, including Arthur “Jibby” Jibilian, Bob Wilson and local resident Clare Musgrove of St. Joseph Township.

Wilson, of Peoria, Ill., said he has never forgotten the “generosity and feeling of the Serbians” who took him in.

“You bail out over a foreign country you don’t know anything about … all you know is that you’re fighting the same enemy … and they were
willing to help,” Wilson said. “They were a very poor people. They had very little food. But they were willing to help.”

Jibilian, of Fremont, Ohio, took part in the rescue efforts. Working in the Office of Strategic Services, the forerunner to the CIA, Jibilian had volunteered to parachute in. On the ground he used a radio to
communicate with underground Serbian operatives.

“We were behind enemy lines,” with Germans stationed just 20 miles away, Jibilian said. “We were afraid all the time.”

Musgrove and his comrades signed copies of Freeman’s book Thursday at the Mendel Center. The event drew about 300-400 people.

Musgrove talked about his story during a 2006 interview with The Herald-Palladium.

On a bombing run targeting German supply stations, Musgrove, a ball turret gunner on a B-24 plane, took fire and had to bail.

He landed in the wooded, mountainous terrain of an unfamiliar land.

“There were two ladies and two young boys that were shepherding this flock of sheep. I told them I was American the best I could because I didn’t
speak their language. Fortunately, they were friendly people.”

Musgrove was kept hidden in the homes of Chetnik villagers, then taken by resistance fighters on a two-week journey through the Yugoslavian
countryside to a newly built airstrip, where other American airmen were waiting for flights on American C-47 planes.

Freeman said the story of “The Forgotten 500” is not a story about nations and politics, but “individual human beings helping one another, willing to sacrifice themselves for those who would sacrifice for them.”

For many years, geopolitics kept the story of the Serbian Chetnik resistance a secret in Serbia. After Yugloslavia fell under communist rule, Chetniks
could not publicly acknowledge the heroism of their resistance leader, General Draza Mihailovich. Shortly after taking over, the communist regime had the general tortured and executed by firing squad.

Mihailovich’ s grave never has been found, but in the hills of the Chetniks’ homeland\u00a0“his spirit is everywhere,”<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0President Harry Truman said. Truman in 1948 awarded Mihailovich a posthumous Legion of Merit award, the highest award bestowed on a non-American.

In 2004, Musgrove revisited the hills as a guest of the Serbian government to dedicate a memorial
at the famed\u00a0“Forgotten 500”<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\u00a0airstrip. The site will soon have a new addition –\u00a0an American C-47.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>

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\u00a0Super Bowl Champion Pittsburgh Steeler Legendary Great Running Back\u00a0#32 Franco Harris<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0holds\u00a0THE FORGOTTEN 500<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0book young\u00a0Nick Jovanovich<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0received as part of a graduation gift from Mim Bizic at a fabulous party hosted by Nick’s parents, Nick and Nena Jovanovich in Sewickley, PA. \u00a0<\/p>

Franco knew the story of the rescued airmen.\u00a0 But Mim failed to tell him about\u00a0another Pittsburgh STEELER connection!<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0George Musulin<\/span><\/strong>, the OSS officer in charge of the OPERATION HALYARD mission, ALSO played for Art Rooney’s Pittsburgh Steelers, only then it was called the\u00a0Pittsburgh Pirates Football Team<\/span><\/strong><\/span>, just like the Pirates Baseball Team.<\/p>

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Draza and U.S. Major George Musulin, who played for Art Rooney’s Pittsburgh Pirates (later called Pittsburgh Steelers.)\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>

At night, the downed airmen and their Serbian Chetnik hosts would sit around campfires and tell true-life stories.\u00a0 George Musulin always told the guys how he played on the Pittsburgh football team for two years.\u00a0\u00a0Each game the players received $25 and they had to bring their own helmets.\u00a0 If the team WON the game, Rooney awarded them with $35 instead!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Thanks Franco and Nick!!\u00a0 Great time tonight!<\/p>

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Carl Savich just keeps uncovering these for us! \u00a0Here’s the latest! \u00a0 1\/4\/10<\/p>

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\u00a0Within Closed Frontiers: A Woman in Wartime Yugoslavia<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0by Lena Yovitchitch from 1956 which is a good objective account of Draza and the Chetniks.<\/p>

(Click lower rt. hand corner to enlarge image.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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\u00a0The INTRODUCTION to this book was given by Honorable Fiorella H. LaGuardia, Mayor of New York!<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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For years and years I heard about several people who at one time owned a comic book about Draza Mihailovich as kids, but then, just couldn’t find them again.<\/p>

I always asked and had several people inquire of me if there really WAS a Draza comic book.<\/p>

The breakthrough came today (6\/15\/09) when Carl Savich said that he knew the date of the book, and the issue No. 8, Real Life Comics, Nov. 1942.<\/p>

Using that info, I scoured the web and finally struck gold at the University of Michigan.<\/p>

Thanks to the efforts of\u00a0librarian\/ comic book<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0bibliographer Randy Scott<\/span><\/strong>,\u00a0ALL<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0of us can see how Draza Mihailovich was revered and placed with Chennault, Sikorsky, Juarez, Leonardo de Vinci, and Cervantes.\u00a0 I’d say pretty good company.<\/p>

Draza’s (Spelled Draja in the comic book) story continues for 7 pages.<\/p>

The cover and the first page are on the left hand side.<\/p>

Due to memory restrictions, I’m placing the others here in a smaller format, but all you have to do is click on the lower right hand corner to enlarge and view better.<\/p>

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WHERE IS PRANJANI?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Less than 90 km. from Belgrade<\/p>

Thanks to Google Maps:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Latitude:<\/span><\/p><\/td>

43.985<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

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20.21167<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

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43\u00b0 59′ 6 N<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

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\u00a0Over 500 U.S. airmen (and over 600 if you add in the Allied Airmen!) were evacuated from Serbia thanks to General Draza Mihailovich and his Royal Yugoslav Army of the Homeland Chetniks, the OSS (Office of Strategic Services) and the villagers from surrounding areas.\u00a0 Many of the daring rescues took place near Pranjani.<\/span><\/p>

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\u00a0From Carl Savich: 6\/16\/09<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Here is some information on the comic book to explain the context.\u00a0The publisher and editor of Real Life Comics, Ned L. Pines, was a major publisher of comic books.<\/strong><\/span>
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Real Life Comics was published by Nedor Publishing at 10 East 40th Street in New York City. It was a comic book series that ran from September, 1941 to September, 1952 for 59 issues. The editor and publisher was Ned L. Pines, who also published Thrilling Comics, Startling Comics, and Exciting Comics. The comic book was published every other month and cost ten cents. The comic book featured real persons such as Leonardo Da Vinci, Igor Sikorsky, Claire Chennault, and Draza Mihailovich.
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Draza Mihailovich was featured in one issue of the comic book, No.8 from November, 1942, Volume 3, No. 2., consisting of 7 pages. Mihailovich was also on the cover. Mihailovich was in section 4 entitled “Draja Mihailovitch: Jugoslav Hero.” The title of the story was “Draja Mihailovitch, the Yugoslav MacArthur”, comparing him to U.S. General Douglas MacArthur. The story is introduced as follows: “Drawing upon a background of military education and diplomatic skill, the commanding officer of the Chetniks has held the hordes of Hitler and Mussolini at bay.” The issue also contained comics featuring Miguel Cervantes, Leonardo Da Vinci, Johnny Appleseed, Claire Chennault, and Benito Juarez.
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The comic recounted Draza Mihailovich’s service in World War I, his diplomatic assignment in Czechoslovakia in the 1930s, his imprisonment by Milan Nedich, and his emergence as a resistance leader in 1941. The comic focuses on his guerrilla activities against the German occupation forces, derailing trains, engaging in sabotage, and organizing a massive popular resistance movement.
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Draza Mihailovich was also featured on the cover of Time magazine in 1942, the cover of Liberty magazine in an article entitled “Hitler’s No.1 Headache”, and a major motion picture was made by 20th Century Fox entitled Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas. Draza Mihailovich was one of the most popular and acclaimed European resistance leaders in America in 1942.
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The Table of Contents page is attached. This page gives a blurb on Draza as a “Jugoslav Hero” and more info on him.
(See Contents page from Carl above)<\/span><\/span><\/p>

UPDATE!<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>

June 19 and 20, 2009 from Carl:<\/p>

Draza Mihailovich and his Chetnik guerrillas appeared in at least\u00a0SIX<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\u00a0major comic books in the United States during the Golden Age of Comics, the late 1930s to the late 1940s:
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1) Real Life Comics, #8, Nov. 1942,\u00a0“Draja Mihailovitch, the Yugoslav MacArthur”<\/span>, Nedor Comics;\u00a0 (See above.)<\/span><\/p>

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2.) Master Comics, no. 36 (Feb. 1943)\u00a0 CONTENTS:\u00a0\u00a0“Liberty for the Chetniks”\u00a0<\/span>(Captain Marvel Jr.) 12 p.\u00a0<\/span>—<\/span><\/span><\/p>

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“The Wizard of Murder” (Bulletman) 13 p. —
\u00a0\u00a0 “Hoodoo Hannigan” 3 p. text —<\/span><\/p>

“Minute Man Meets the Mummy”
\u00a0\u00a0 (Minute Man) 12 p. —<\/span><\/p>

“The Mad Artist” 1 p. —<\/span><\/p>

“Death Rides the Falls” (Balbo, Boy Magician) 10 p. —<\/span><\/p>

“Balbo’s Own
\u00a0\u00a0 Magic Page” 1 p. —<\/span><\/p>

“Little Albert” 1 p. —<\/span><\/p>

“Hopalong
\u00a0\u00a0 Cassidy Rides with Death in Thunder Pass”* (Hopalong Cassidy) 7 p. —<\/span><\/p>

Data from Bob Klein, Lou Mougin, and Jim
\u00a0\u00a0 Vadeboncoeur via The Grand Comics Database Project. — Call no.: Film 15791r.882)\u00a0Master Comics, Captain Marvel Jr., #36, Feb. 1943,\u00a0“Liberty for the Chetniks”<\/span><\/strong>, Fawcett Comics;<\/span><\/span><\/p>

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3) Kid Komics, #3, Fall, 1943, Red Hawk, Timely Comics;\u00a0<\/span>\"\"<\/p>

Kid Komics #3 (Fall, 1943)<\/strong><\/span>
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Jan Valor was a heroic American fighter pilot who with his girlfriend Tanka helped General Draza Mihailovich and the Chetniks of “Jugoslavia” to fight against the German forces. Jan is the pilot of the Red Hawk, a fighter plane, and allows the guerrillas to use it. Timely Comics would evolve into Marvel Comics.<\/span><\/span>
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4) Black Cat, #1, March 7, 1945, “The Story of the Fighting Chetniks”, Harvey Publishing.<\/span><\/p>

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\u00a0<\/span>5.\u00a0\u00a0Military Comics<\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0 Stories of the Army and Navy, #14, Dec. 1942. Quality Comics.\u00a0 Contents: 3. Mission to Yugoslavia.\u00a0 8.\u00a0 The Chumps and the Chetniks, Shot and Shell, by Klaus Nordling, script, pencils, inks.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>

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6. \u00a0Thrilling Comics<\/strong>, #35, May, 1943, Standard Comics.
Contents: 2. The American Crusader Joins the Chetniks\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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Thank you again to\u00a0Carl Savich<\/span>\u00a0for such wonderful detective work in searching out these Comic Books with stories about Draza Mihailovich and his Chetniks!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

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In Pranjani again……\u00a0<\/p>

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Photo of Charlie Davis who stayed at this man’s house in Pranjani as one of the downed airmen in 1944.<\/p>

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\u00a0Click bottom right hand corner to enlarge photos.<\/p>

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Another movie poster, this one from Australia!<\/p>

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Again, all of these photos of the posters and book covers are thanks to the intense research by\u00a0Carl Savich<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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\u00a0To read Carl Savich’s latest reviews of the books shown here, visit his web page: \u00a0<\/p>

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Carl adds:<\/p>

“Here is a link to a cool 20th Century-Fox movie ad for the Chetniks film from 1943:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

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“Once you get on the page, look at the bottom which will have small boxes. The 9th box across has the 2-page spread on the movie. It is on pages 16-17. You can’t miss it on the bottom. It is all in BLUE.<\/p>

“It is a pretty cool ad emphasizing the fact that the movie was a huge hit all across America! In some movie theaters,\u00a0it even beat out\u00a0<\/span>Casablanca<\/span>, which was playing at the same time.<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0The movie was a major box office hit and that is what the 20th Century-Fox ad emphasizes. They emphasize that the movie was a huge hit in Washington, Denver, Pittsburgh, and Elmira.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

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We are so lucky that\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Carl Savich shared his Comic Book Collection of Draza Mihailovich with us!<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>

From Carl Savich:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

“The American Crusader was a combination of Superman and Captain America. He had superhuman strength, was impervious to bullets, and he could fly. He is a mild-mannered professor by day who transforms into a superhero to defend democracy and freedom. He was known as “The Defender of Democracy”. He meets Draza Mihailovich on page five, an image of Mihailovich which is based on the Time magazine cover from 1942. The publisher and editor of Thrilling Comics was Ned Pines, who also published Real Life Comics, which featured Draza Mihailovich on the cover in 1942.”<\/p>

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From Carl Savich, posted on Facebook 12\/23\/11<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

“An important aspect usually missed is the material or tangible contributions that Draza Mihailovich and the Chetniks made to the Allied victory during World War II, especially in the United States.<\/p>

His image and likeness was used to sell war bonds and stamps not only through this comic book, but countless others.<\/p>

And “The Chetniks” radio play starring Orson Welles and Vincent Price was produced by the U.S. Treasury Department to promote the sale of war bonds and stamps.<\/p>

From a legal point of view, Draza Mihailovich and the Chetniks made a major monetary or material contribution to the Allied and U.S. war effort because you can license a name or image.<\/p>

In other words, Draza Mihailovich and the Chetniks made contributions that were tangible and quantitative that contributed to the final Allied victory.”<\/p>

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  1. Aleksandar (Zandor) and Wilma Crepajac are both gone now, but the two of them left behind a legacy of love for their Serbian people.\u00a0 This website is posthumously dedicated to the Military Major who was declared a “persona non-grata” during the Communistic rule in the former Yugoslavia after WWII.\u00a0 Slava mu!\u00a0 Vjecnaja Pamjat!\u00a0 To you and your beloved “Vilma”, a Wreath of Valor for preserving the best ideals of the Serbian people in America.<\/li><\/ol>

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    Zandor in King Aleksandar’s Military Academy of 1924<\/span>.\u00a0Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, Slovenes<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>

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    “Sandor” was born July 17, 1903 in Sremska Mitrovica, Yugoslavia, a son of the late Ljubomir and Sofia (Boric) Crepajac.\u00a0<\/span>Aleksandar Crepajac studied at the Yugoslav Military Academy, graduating in the Class of 1924.\u00a0 He<\/span>\u00a0was a Major in the Royal Yugoslavia Army’s 44th Infantry Regiment, and took part in the VERY POPULAR people’s uprising against Hitler when Regent Prince Paul signed a pact, supposedly to save the country. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>

    While in America, Aleksandar worked as an engineer at Pullman, Inc. with good friend, Vlastimir Djordjevic.\u00a0\u00a0Aleksandar died in 1998 at the age of 94.<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
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    Wilma passed away at age 93 in Good Samaritan Hospice on January 18, 2009.\u00a0 Born Oct. 7, 1915 in Essen Germany, she was the daughter of the late Paul and Sophie (Feldhot) Pohle.<\/span><\/p>

    The two met while Zandor was a prisoner in the WWII camp.<\/span><\/p>

    While in Germany (where she said she witnessed so many WWII tragedies and atrocities), Wilma was a well-known senior midwife who delivered thousands of babies.\u00a0 While living in America, Wilma also was famed for her baby delivery skills.\u00a0 Too, she worked in the Sewickley Valley Hospital’s Operating Room as a respected assistant to the doctors.<\/span><\/p>

    Both Aleksandar and Wilma were very kind to all, respectful and deeply loving to each other, and very religious members of the St. Elijah Serbian Orthodox Church in Aliquippa, PA.
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    I’d like to publicly thank their grandniece, Annegret (“Ann”) Rachuba, of Datteln, Germany (daughter of Annelore and Lotha Mix), for her goodness and compassion in making sure the Serbian historical records and books pertaining to WWII and King Peter II, whom Aleksandar guarded while a Major in the Yugoslav Army, would be preserved for future studies.<\/span><\/p>

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    “Bozich 1919”\u00a0\u00a0 (Christmas, Jan. 7, 1919)<\/p>

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    \u00a0June 30, 1923 and the names found below…..<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

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    Serbian Orthodox Aleksandar Crepajac, a Major on Active Duty in the 44th Inf. Reg. before being taken prisoner and given a number #140 in Oflag XXIC.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>
    Next of kin would be Dusanka Crepajac, Belgrad IV, Dalmatinski 40\/II\u00a0<\/span>.\u00a0\u00a0Aleksandar’s father’s name was Ljubomir, and his mother’s maiden name was Sophia Boric.<\/span><\/span><\/div>
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    103 books<\/span><\/span>\u00a0from the Crepajac Library were given to the\u00a0Joe Buley Library<\/span>\u00a0at the\u00a0Serbian Orthodox Monastery at Gray’s Lake, IL<\/span>.\u00a0 The catalogued books traveled via the bus rented by St.Elijah Choir of Aliquippa to Joliet, IL, where the choir was singing at the\u00a068th Annual Serbian Singing Federation Festival in Joliet, Illinois.<\/span>\u00a0 From there, our good friend,\u00a0Joey Puhar<\/span><\/span>, a member of the\u00a0“Brankies” Choir of Chicago,<\/span>\u00a0took them to the Monastery for us, delivering them to\u00a0V. Rev. Tom Kazich<\/span>\u00a0on\u00a0Memorial Day, 2009.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0The photo of Nikola Crepajac, was also sent in this collection, although at the time, his identity wasn’t known. (7\/16\/12 only.)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>
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    136 books<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\u00a0from the Crepajac collection will form the nucleus of the proposed special WWII Research Library to be built in Pranjani, Serbia, near the airfield that saw the rescue of over 500 U.S. airmen trapped from behind German-occupied lines in Serbia.\u00a0 Three boxes of books were sent by Col. Cappello to Belgrade for distribution. More boxes were packed and shipped.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>
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    Since the word of the Pranjani Library got out, I received the following donations:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>
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    $<\/span>20.00 from Joe & Debbie (Karlo\/Kneib) Burger of Pittsburgh, PA<\/span><\/strong><\/div>
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    $25.00 from Nick and Claudia Karlo of\u00a0 Warren, Ohio<\/span><\/strong><\/div>
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    $100 from the\u00a0St. Elijah Serbian Orthodox Church Choir\u00a0<\/span>of Aliquippa, PA<\/span><\/strong><\/div>
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    \u00a0One large box of gently used Children’s Books from neighbors Paul and Sherri Von Stein<\/span><\/strong><\/div>
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    \u00a0Two small boxes of gently used Children’s books from neighbors Mike & Monique Pietropaoli<\/span><\/strong><\/div>
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    For Aleksandar and Wilma Crepajac,<\/strong><\/div>
    “Vjecnaja Pamjat.\u00a0 Memory Eternal!”<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/div>
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    Wilma and Aleksandar were always together!\u00a0<\/div>
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    Update:\u00a0 7\/25\/09<\/div>
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    Fifty more children’s books were sent to Pranjani, purchased and sent by Milana Bizic.<\/div>
    Update: \u00a07\/16\/12<\/strong><\/span><\/div>
    These photos below are courtesy of grandnephew, Dr. Aleksandar Dekanski of Serbia.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>
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    Wedding of Bojana and Rada (Radivoj) Crepajac. \u00a0Brother Nikola is far left, and Brother Aleksandar Crepajac is right behind the Groom.<\/span><\/div>
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    Radivoje & Sandor in 1930.<\/strong><\/div>
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    Nikola is the one with Sandor guarding the king at the top photo right; and the photo on the wall that was on Sandor’s and Wilma’s wall. \u00a0Nikola died in 1951.<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

    \u00a0From AMERICAN-SERB LIFE magazine 1948<\/strong><\/p>

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    One of the most popular books found in most Junior High School Libraries was\u00a0SERGEANT NIKOLA<\/strong><\/span>, also called\u00a0“Chetnik Brigades.”<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 It was written by\u00a0Istvan Tamas<\/span><\/strong><\/span>and published by L.B. Fischer Publishing Corporation, NY.<\/span>\u00a0 The NEW YORK TIMES had a literary review of the book on 23 Nov. 1942.\u00a0 This fiction book was so popular it had to be reprinted!\u00a0 My well-worn out first edition came from the Fort La Bosse School District No. 41 of Manitoba, Canada and was still in circulation by the 1970s!\u00a0 The second printing of the book was also in 1942.\u00a0 My second copy with the 2nd printing of the book came from the Hopkinsville, Kentucky, USA Public Library.<\/p>

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    “Our next aim is Bitolj.\u00a0 Then will follow Prilep, Sarajevo, Skoplje, Nish, Kragujeac and Belgrade!\u00a0 We shall not rest until every German has been swept from our country!”<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

    “Zivio!” cheered our troops again.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

    “Ziveo!” echoed the wind, echoed the black-robed widows and the dead under the fresh earth….<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

    Mihailovich continued thus:\u00a0 “If the United Nations wants to gain a foothold, they would have to come across the Dalmatian Coast, since the Balkans are the Achilles’ heel of the Axis.\u00a0 We can break the Italian blockage with a minimum of losses and the least opposition by landing in the ports of Dubrovnik and Durazzo.\u00a0 They could come not only on ships, but on troop transport planes, landing on airports held by us, while our troops would cover the invasion.\u00a0 Then, with the Black Mountains (Crna Gora), better than any man-made fortress, behind us, we could launch a general offensive against the army of occupation.\u00a0 The completely equipped American-English army could finish Italy off in a few weeks; and across Bulgaria, caught in a pincers, and weakened Roumania,<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

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    with Russia, we could also deliver the stab of mercy to the Germans caught between two fires.”<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

    Then Popov, our radio officer, excitedly announced: “The Belgrade Oberkommando is paging the Commander-in-Chief!”<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

    Mihailovich took the microphone into his hand.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

    “I am listening.”<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

    …………………..you have to read the rest yourselves….<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

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    SERGEANT NIKOLA was also reviewed in the January 1943 issue of Harper’s magazine by Katherine Jackson.<\/p>

    http:\/\/www.harpers.org\/subjects\/SergeantNikolaBook<\/a><\/p>

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    It is exciting to know that Aleksandar Crepajac’s grandnephew,\u00a0Aleksandar Crepajac,<\/span>\u00a0reached me via Facebook to let me know he saw this website\u00a0March 17, 2010<\/span>. \u00a0Alex’s grandfather, \u00a0Dragoljub<\/span>\u00a0 Crepajac, \u00a0and Major Aleksandar were brothers. Aleksandar lives in Sid, which is located near Sremska Mitrovica.<\/strong><\/p>

    Today,\u00a0July 8, 2012<\/span>, another grandnephew,\u00a0Aleksandar Dekanski,<\/span>\u00a0reached out via the CONTACT page on our www.babamim.com website to let us know that he’s working on a book about the family, and by happy accident found this page! \u00a0He offered to share some more information that we will be sure to offer here! \u00a0Aleksandar Dekanski’s maternal grandfather,\u00a0Radivoja Crepajac,<\/span>\u00a0was the brother to\u00a0Major Aleksandar Crepajac<\/span>\u00a0of Sewickley, PA!<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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    Accompanying King Peter II on his first trip to America, both Aleksandar behind the King, and his brother Nikola Crepajac would be the third person on here. \u00a0I don’t YET know the name of the 4th man.<\/span><\/p>

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    \u00a0Aleksandar, standing far left, again “standing guard” with his beloved King Peter II, while the King visited Aliquippa, PA at the home of V.Rev. Vlastimir Tomich, seen here in the middle. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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    Wilhelmine Crepajac, photo taken in Dorimund, Wesienhellweg 26.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>
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    \u00a0Aleksandar as a prisoner of war in Oflag 140.<\/span><\/p>

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    Aleksandar was from Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia, Yugoslavia, while Wilma was from Essen, Germany.<\/span><\/p>

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    Souvenir of the Serbian National Defense from 1941-1961. It is dedicated to:\u00a0“Ovo Spomenicu posvedjujemo muchenichkoj seni djenerala Draze Mihailovich i borcima sprskim palim za ‘Krst casni i slobodu zlatnu”, sa narochitim osvrtom na zivot i rad srpski rodoljuba Jovana i Mihaila Duchica i njihovih preminulih saradnika— clanoa Sprske narodne odbrane.”<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>

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    \u00a0I thought this photo was of a good friend of the Crepajacs, as this picture hung in their dining room. \u00a0But! Thanks to my new friend, Dr. Aleksandar Dekanski and his mother, Sofija Crepaja Dekanski, of Sremska Mitrovica, we now know this was\u00a0Aleksanda’rs brother, Nikola.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0He can also be seen in the photo at the top of this page, guarding young King Peter II with Aleksandar! \u00a0His name is on the Crepajac gravestone shown here. \u00a0He died in 1951. \u00a0He is also on the group photo from 1923 (this is VI class of the Gymnasium in Sremska Mitrovica. \u00a0This photo was sent to Gracanica Monastery, along with more than 100+ books, and delivered by good friend, Joey Puhar.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

    Crepajac Men Photo recently found! \u00a011\/23\/15<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

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    Most likely, Aleksandar, his father, and his brother, Nikola!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

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    Major Aleksandar Crepajac had 14 sisters and brothers, but only 7 of them survived early childhood.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0Three brothers (Milivoj, Radivo<\/span>j (Aleksandar Dekanski’s grandfather) and\u00a0Nikola<\/span>\u00a0who was also a military officer as you can see here.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

    There were four sisters<\/span>:\u00a0Milena, Jelica, Dusanka, and Vida.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0Just three of them had children.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

    \u00a0Milovoj Crepajac’s ‘s son, Ljubomir, is a professor of classic languages on the Faculty of Philosphy in Belgrade, and daughter Vida. Sofija, the daughter of Radivoj,\u00a0had two sons, Dr. Aleksandar Dekanski, and his brother, Slobodan.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

    More information as it becomes known.<\/strong><\/p>

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    From Aleksandar’s books:<\/p>

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    Click to enlarge. American Serbian girls from Chicago with photos of Draza and President Roosevelt.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

    V” for Victory in the War Bond Drive.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>

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    Click to enlarge.\u00a0 This is the symbolic christening of the\u00a0TWO airplanes<\/span>\u00a0bought by the\u00a0American Serbs by selling war bonds from May 1 to July 2, 1944.<\/span>\u00a0 The two airplanes were called\u00a0“The American Serb” and “The Spirit of St. Sava.”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0There are attempts now to say this never happened.\u00a0 Here is your history.\u00a0 Make sure you know it!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

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    10th Jubilee Congress of the Serb National Defense Council, 1951. \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0St. Bishop Nikolai in front!\u00a0 Vlajko Ljugona in 2nd row. Glisho Rapaich in end seat, front row. U.S. Congressional Medal of Honor winner, Big Jake Alexx Mandusich, etc.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

    Don’t let anyone tell\u00a0 you that the Serb Natl. Defense Council was anything but the BEST of our American Serb leaders!\u00a0\u00a0100% Americans first and foremost<\/span>, but also wanting the best for their fellow suffering Serbs!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

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    Click to enlarge.\u00a0Western Union telegraph to the President of France<\/span>\u00a0in Paris, asking that the execution of Gen. Mihailovich be stopped. Signed by Rt. Rev. Bishop Dionisiye, Lou Christopher (SNF), Mitchell Duchich (Serb Natl Defense Coucil of America)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

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    \u00a0Proclamation from\u00a0Edward Kelly, Mayor of the City of Chicago<\/span>, “the valor of General Draja Michalovitch and his legions of Chetniks is symbolic of this great universal freedom.\u00a0April 1, 1943 was CHETNIK DAY in Chicago,<\/span><\/span>\u00a0and “all citizens are urged to salute the glorious deeds of these patriots and allies.”<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>

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    Button owned by the Crepajacs.\u00a0 Photos attest to their attendance at King Peter II’s funeral in Libertyville, IL in 1970.<\/p>

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    From the Crepajac Collection, including the American-Serb Life magazine seen below.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

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    \u00a0This AMERICAN-SERB LIFE magazine from March\/April 1948 was published by my dad, Milan Karlo.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

    In this and subsequent issues he documented the day-by-day diary of OSS Captain Nick Lalich.\u00a0 Thus, I knew from the time I was 7 yrs. old of the daring rescue of the 513 U.S. Airmen from behind German-occupied enemy lines in Yugoslavia’s Serbia.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

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    \u00a0Slava mu Cica Draza!<\/p>

    The last page of SERGEANT NIKOLA,p. 310, says this:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

    \u00a0And the Chetnik divisions, legions and brigades marched forward with our song on their lips:<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>

    Darling, please do not cry,<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>

    It need not be good-bye.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>

    Under the blue Serb sky<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>

    True Chetniks never die,<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>

    Never die.\u00a0 Never die!\u00a0 Never die!<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>

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    ANOTHER WWII BOOK!\u00a0<\/p>

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    Thank you to\u00a0Carl Savich<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0for sharing this WWII book and subsequent info with us also!<\/p>

    “Another book that was popular during World War II\u00a0but is largely forgotten now is THE CHETNIKS by George Sava, published in 1942 by Faber and Faber in London, in the UK. It was reprinted several times.
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    In the attachment I have the cover of the 1955 reprint by Regular Publication. The cover\u00a0has the following description on the top: “General Mihailovich, the\u00a0famous guerrilla leader and the story of the heroic struggle of these guerrillas is told in the pages of this book.”
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    George Sava, the British author, described the book as follows:
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    “The names of friends I have re-christened. I have altered dates and changed the names of places. This much is fiction: the rest is fact. The … exploits of the guerrillas, the Chetniks, I have reconstructed from letters and reports.”
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    First published in November, 1942.\u00a0<\/p>

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    \u00a0Here’s another book photo Carl found!<\/p>

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    \u00a0Wrath of Eagles:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

    A Novel of the Chetniks<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

    by Frederich Heydenau, which was published in\u00a01943<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0in New York by E.P. Dutton. The novel was translated from the German, Der Zorn der Adler, by Barrows Mussey.<\/p>


    Book came today and I’m loving it!\u00a0 7\/28\/09<\/p>


    New York Times Book Review By ROBERT ST. JOHN,
    June 27, 1943, Sunday, Section: Book Review, Page BR6:
    Balkan Supermen: WRATH OF THE EAGLES: A Novel of the Chetniks<\/span>. By Frederick Heydenau. Translated by Barrows Mussey. 318 pp. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. $2.50.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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    On\u00a0July 30, 2009 Arthur Jibilian, OSS radioman with the late\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>General Draza Mihailovic and his Chetniks, other OSS members, and the brave airmen who flew into rescue the downed airmen were honored at the\u00a0OSKGOSH, WISCONSIN airshow called\u00a0AIRVENTURE<\/span><\/strong>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>

    This event annually gets between 750,000-1 million visitors per day.\u00a0 Thanks to everyone who made this possible, but especially the EAA#582 of Toledo, OHIO.<\/p>

    American SERBS have always known the story and kept it close to their hearts.\u00a0 Now its time for other AMERICANS to learn the truth about the greatest rescue of their fellow Americans from behind German-occupied enemy lines in Yugoslavia’s Serbia!<\/p>

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    The Hero Whom You Gave to History Has Not His Like in Our Time<\/strong><\/span><\/u><\/span><\/div>

    \u201cTwenty years after the death of Draza Mihailovich he is undimmed in his glory as a defender of liberty against the Fascist terror, who defended it also against the Communist terror. He had no moment of weakness, nor of bitterness. I know no instance where he reproached those who were guilty of his betrayal.<\/strong><\/p>

    Twenty years ago I knew he was innocent of all charges against him, and since then I have had many further proofs of his innocence. His abandonment was a crime, and like all crimes it brought no real profit to the criminals.<\/p>

    I loved your nation before the war, I have loved and honoured it more and more as the years have gone by and I have seen that the hero whom you gave to history has not his like in our time.\u201d<\/p>

    Dame Rebecca West<\/a>\u00a0<—-click here<\/div>

    \u00a0to the Serbs\u00a0July 8, 1966<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

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    Clare Boothe Luce<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><—-click\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/u><\/div>
    American playwright, editor, journalist, ambassador, and first woman elected to U.S. Congress\u00a0<\/div>

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    Clare Boothe Luce\u00a0<\/a>Photo by Carl Van Vechtan\u00a0<\/p>

    “The United States must insist on a fair and open trial for General Mihailovich, anti-Red Chetnik hero, now in the hands of the Communist regime of Marshal Tito in Yugoslavia if our future allies are to have any confidence in our pledged word as a nation.
    There is no real question about the fact that General Mihailovich took up arms against the German invaders of his country in April, 1941, at a time when Soviet Russia was an ally of National Socialist Germany.<\/strong><\/p>

    At that time the present dictator of Yugoslavia, Marshal Josip Broz, called Tito, was an expatriate, studying in Moscow as a faithful adherent of the Third International \u2013 the Comintern \u2013 which had adopted the alliance with Hitler\u2019s Germany as an internal program of aggression for mutual benefit.<\/p>

    For two and one half years, during the darkest days of the struggle against Germany, Italy and Japan, Mihailovich, former minister of war in Yugoslavia, fought on our side.<\/p>

    No question was raised as to his loyalty or valor while there was real doubt about the outcome of the war. Only after our victory was seen as to be certain did other elements in Yugoslavia flock to the well-equipped and well-provisioned ranks of Tito, who then began to receive from the United States and Britain all that had been promised \u2013 but not delivered \u2013 to Mihailovich.<\/p>

    This request has been categorically refused by Tito, whose supporters in the Kremlin now openly demand that all Tito\u2019s claims be ratified without argument.<\/p>

    From every point of view of American law, customs and instinct, these proposals go against the grain. They contravene our basic conception of fair play, honest dealing and of the right of every man accused to be allowed witnesses in his defense.\u201d<\/p>

    The Honorable Clare Boothe Luce (R) Connecticut, April 20, 1946<\/span><\/p>

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    A Thanksgiving Tribute to the Americans from the General. An American Officer Remembers\u2026<\/strong><\/span>
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    ”As we proceeded out over the Adriatic my mind flashed back to one incident which will always have great meaning for me. Before I was leaving for my tour of Serbia, the Minister [General Mihailovich] had expressed a desire to do something to honor America saying\u00a0\u201cHere we have Slava, the day of our patron saint. What is America\u2019s slava? \u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

    I thought for a moment and said, ‘We have four great days,\u00a0Christmas, New Year, Independence Day and Thanksgiving.<\/span>\u00a0Christmas we love because it is the day of Christ. New Years we enjoy because we look with hope to it, but on its Eve we celebrate, sometimes not too wisely but too well, and often the day itself finds us with aching heads. Independence day would be wonderful except for the sadness of sacrifice and mourning that sweeps the South from the cause of our Civil War.\u00a0Thanksgiving is our day, our Slava, because that day we give Thanks to God for our founding Fathers and the beginning of our country and freedom.’<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

    Mihailovich replied, ‘Good, we would honor America and on the\u00a0Eve of that day each mountaintop of Serbia will have a fire lighted by our peasants.’<\/u><\/span><\/strong><\/p>

    On Thanksgiving Eve, three Americans standing in a tiny village high in the Serbian mountains, saw a huge fiery\u00a0\u201cA\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>come into being.\u00a0Then another, and one after the other fires appeared until eleven peaks were outlined.<\/strong><\/span><\/u><\/p>

    This I remember. A magnificent tribute to America from a truly great man.”<\/p>

    Colonel Albert B. Seitz<\/strong><\/span><\/div>
    American Liaison Officer with General Mihailovich<\/div>
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    AN IDEA….<\/span><\/strong><\/u><\/div>
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    Why not approach the\u00a0U.S. Mint<\/span>\u00a0and the\u00a0U.S. Stamp Department<\/span>\u00a0and ask that a special commemorative coin be made in honor of\u00a0WWII Legion of Merit Awardee General Draza Mihailovich<\/u>\u00a0and the rescued 513 American airmen?\u00a0 Perhaps the front design would be of General Mihailovich and the back could include a montage of the OSS, the pilots and Tuskegee Airmen who flew cover, and the Serbian villagers or Chetniks.<\/strong><\/div>
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    Some of the Sewickley, PA Tuskegee Airmen now living in California.<\/div>
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    The Jan. 2009 Rose Bowl Parade will have a float featuring a salute to the Tuskeegee Air Men<\/div>
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    \u00a0OR, the front could be a montage of ALL of the above, and the back or reverse could be of the\u00a0eleven Serbian hillsides<\/span>, each with a burning shape of an\u00a0“A” for America<\/span>\u00a0to celebrate\u00a0America’s Thanksgiving Eve<\/span>!\u00a0 (See Al Seitz’s testimony above)
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    Read about this great event from Aleksandra’s blog!<\/p>

    http:\/\/www.generalmihailovich.com\/2009\/07\/forgotten-500-reunite-as-operation.html<\/a><\/div>

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    L-R: Vera Dragasich, Clare Musgrove, George Musulin’s daughter JoAnne Musulin de la Riva, and Aleksandra Rebic.
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    http:\/\/www.generalmihailovich.com\/2009\/07\/in-memoriam-general-draza-mihailovich.html<\/a><\/p>

    <\/span>Day Two – The Conclusion of “The Forgotten 500 Reunion – Operation Halyard Remembered – Lest we Forget” Michigan June 2009<\/a><\/p>

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    *** Visit\u00a0Carl Savich’s<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0SERBIANNA<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0page featuring\u00a0Draza Mihailovich’s Trial<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0covered by\u00a0LIFE\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>magazine here! ***<\/p>

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    http:\/\/serbianna.com\/blogs\/savich\/?p=673<\/a><\/p>

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    Serbian Air Force at the Monument with U.S. Marines.<\/span><\/p>

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    U.S. Embassy representatives and film crews…2009.<\/div>
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    Some of the U.S. airmen who visited Pranjani in 2004\u00a0<\/span><\/div>
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    U.S. and Serbian soldiers in Pranjani, August, 2009\u00a0<\/div>
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    September 7, 2009: \u00a0Labor Day<\/h3>

    New Gracanica Serbian Orthodox Monastery, Gray’s Lake, Illinois<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

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    Latest photos of Draza Monument unveiling on Labor Day in the Serbian Orthodox Monastery near Gray’s Lake, IL. \u00a0These photos were sent to me by\u00a0Milenko Vukevich, who got them from Jovan Savich. It’s the Serbian grapevine in action! \u00a0<\/div>
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    The photographer was none other than\u00a0Jovan Ivancevich<\/span>, originally from Bellwood, IL, but now of\u00a0Joliet, Il<\/span>. \u00a0Jovan took up photography as a hobby a few years ago, and we’re glad he did! \u00a0Thanks, Jovan! \u00a0Jovan’s father’s family is originally from Pocitelj -Medak in the Krajina area. \u00a0He traveled there as a 16 year old boy in 1988, before the war.<\/strong><\/div>
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    God bless them all! \u00a0His Grace, Dr. Longin was there along with many, many priests who conducted a memorial service. The choir sang the responses and “Doline Tutne” at the end to everyone’s happiness at the fulfillment of such a joyful, monumental task.<\/div>
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    The bronze statue was commissioned by THe Association of Serbian Combatants of the Royal Yugoslav Army of Draza Mihailovich.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/div>
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    Is this scene what this Chetnik was recalling?\u00a0 This is commemorating VIDOVDAN, June, 1944, on Ravna Gora, Serbia.<\/span><\/div>
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    Serbian Chetniks of General Draza Mihailovich, on Vidovdan, 1944, Ravna Gora<\/span><\/div><\/div>

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    Beautiful, beautiful monument to a great man!\u00a0<\/p>

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    The Northcoast Veteran’s Museum in Ohio currently has a wonderful exhibit on OPERATION HALYARD.<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>

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    Click on the bottom right hand corner to enlarge<\/p>

    Want to visit? \u00a0Want to join?\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

    North Coast Veterans Museum<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

    c\/o LeRoy Booze<\/p>

    5757 US Rt 6<\/p>

    Vikery, OH 43465<\/p>

    Society President: Gary Cooper<\/p>

    Museum Curator: Rex Postlethwait<\/p>

    Email: northcoastveterans@gmail.com<\/p>

    Museum Administrator: Vaughn Billow\u00a0<\/p>

    Thanks Mark and Vaughn for sharing!\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

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    WHY MIHAILOVICH MATTERS<\/span><\/strong><\/u><\/div>

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    “As an American, I bow my head in shame whenever I think of the terribly mistaken policy which led the Allied leaders in World War II to abandon General Draza Mihailovich and throw their support instead to the communist cohorts of Marshal Josip Broz Tito. It was an unbelievable aberration of policy and of justice perpetrated by the Allies.
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    Mihailovich was the first insurgent in Europe. It was he who raised the flag of resistance to the Nazi occupier \u2013 and by his action he inspired the formation of resistance movements in all the subjugated countries.
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    He resisted the Nazis at the time when the Soviet Union and the communists were still collaborating with them \u2013 and his early resistance, by slowing down the Nazi timetable, was probably responsible for preventing the fall of Moscow.
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    The contributions of Mihailovich to the Allied cause were the subject of tributes by General Eisenhower, General De Gaulle, Field Marshal Lord Alexander, Admiral Harwood, Anthony Eden, President Truman, and, at later date of President Richard Nixon. For example, on August 16, 1942, three top ranking British officers, Admiral Harwood, General Auchinleck, and Air Marshal Tedder, sent the following joint wire to Mihailovich: \u201cWith admiration we are following your directed operations which are of inestimable value to the Allied cause.\u201d
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    Today, no informed person takes seriously the communist charges that Mihailovich collaborated with the Germans, or the proceedings of the communist show trial in Belgrade which resulted in his execution. The communists made the nature of their injustice clear when they announced in advance of the trial, that Mihailovich would be executed after a ‘fair’ trial. And they also made it clear when they refused to take the evidence of the American officers who served with him or of the American airmen who were rescued by him.
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    Colonel Robert H. McDowell, chief of the last American mission to General Mihailovich, and perhaps the most experienced intelligence officer to serve with either side in Yugoslavia during World War II, took the time after the War to go through the German intelligence files on Yugoslavia. Not only did he find no evidence that Mihailovich collaborated with the Nazis, but he found numerous statements establishing that Hitler feared the Mihailovich movement far more than he feared the Tito movement.
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    The communists also feared Mihailovich more than they did any other man. And that is why, when they executed him, they disposed of his shattered body in a secret burial place, so that those who followed him and revered him would not be able to come at night to drop tears and flowers on his grave and tenderly offer a few words of prayer in gratitude to General Mihailovich for his heroism and sacrifice.
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    But despite all of the abuse and all the precautions of the communists, the truth about Mihailovich \u2013 now grown to the proportions of a legend \u2013 still persists among the Serbian people. Evidence of this is the remarkable article on Mihailovich which Mihajlo Mihajlov wrote for The New Leader, just before Tito\u2019s courts sentenced him to seven years of hard labor in early March of this year.
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    I think that it is fitting that we in the free world who are aware of the truth should also do everything in our power to set the record straight and to bring about the ultimate vindication before the bar of history \u2013 of one of the noblest figures of World War II.
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    Draza Mihailovich, in addition to being an outstanding soldier and a great national leader, was a man who stood for everything that we in America believe in. He was a true believer in the rights enshrined in our own Declaration of Independence \u2013 the right to think and speak and pray in accordance with one\u2019s own religious, political, economic and social beliefs, without government restraint or repression.
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    \u2026the United States Congress should accede to the petition of the American airmen that they be authorized to erect in Washington with publicly subscribed funds, a monument which they would dedicate, in gratitude, to \u201cGeneral Draza Mihailovich, Savior of American Airmen.\u201d
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    Beyond this, there is still a larger debt which the free world owes to the memory of General Draza Mihailovich. It is my hope that this debt will some day be replayed in full through the liberation of his people from communist tyranny.”
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    Senator Frank J. Lausche
    Washington, D.C. March 27, 1975<\/strong><\/p>

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    Be sure to visit Carl Savich’s site with his book review of EIGHT BAILED OUT by U.S. Air Force Major James M. Inks<\/p>

    Click here—>\u00a0Eight Bailed Out<\/a><\/span><\/p>

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    Read the CRASH REPORT from Ted Connolly’s late father, +TOM CONNOLLY, one\u00a0of the 512 U.S. airmen rescued by Gen. Draza Mihailovich, whose papers and photos are seen in other WWII pages here on this site:<\/span><\/p>

    766TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON (H)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

    461ST BOMBARDMENT GROUP<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

    APO 520 US ARMY<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

    STATEMENT<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

    19 November 1944<\/span><\/strong><\/u><\/p>

    Ship No. 57, Lt. Farnham as pilot, was flying #3 position.\u00a0 I was flying #6 position, a little below and to his right.\u00a0 Going over the target I was forced up on his right wing and to his right.\u00a0 Immediately upon taking this position I observed ship #57 to receive a direct hit from flak.<\/span><\/p>

    Penetrating in the vicinity of the rear escape hatch and emerging about four feet back of the waist windows from the top of the fuselage.\u00a0 The shell apparently exploded inside of the ship from the observed size of the hole on top of the fuselage.\u00a0 I estimate it to be at least three feet in diameter.<\/span><\/p>

    The bombs left his ship almost immediately upon receipt of the flak.\u00a0 Aircraft #57 began losing altitude at once.\u00a0 The ship appeared to be under control and all four engines, tail and wings intact.\u00a0 He was losing altitude at about the rate of seven or eight hundred feet per minute.<\/span><\/p>

    The ship slid down beneath my airplane and I cautioned my bombardier to clear ship #57 below us before dropping his bombs.<\/span><\/p>

    The last the bombardier and my gunners saw of ship #57 he was still losing altitude and his ship was still under control.\u00a0 His heading was estimated to be about 70\u00b0.\u00a0 Air speed was probably about 150 miles per hour.\u00a0 We did not see any parachutes at any altitude.<\/span><\/p>

    \/s\/ Joseph M. O\u2019Neal<\/span><\/p>

    2nd Lt., Air Corps<\/span><\/p>

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    CASUALTY QUESTIONAIRE OF T\/SGT. THOMAS M. CONNOLLY, JR.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

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    November 19, 1944<\/span><\/strong><\/u><\/p>

    Our target, Floridsdorf Oil Refinery, Vienna, Austria.\u00a0 We had trouble all the way<\/span><\/p>

    up, but not enough to warrant a turn-back.\u00a0 I performed all necessary duties as Flight<\/span><\/p>

    Engineer before the I.P.\u00a0 Then I took my position in the top turret.<\/span><\/p>

    It seemed as though I just got settled in my position when we turned in on the I.P.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

    At this same instant, we received a hit in the right waist, which I saw explode.\u00a0 A second<\/span><\/p>

    hit followed immediately under the bomb bay, which started a fire under the flight deck.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

    At this time I dropped down from my position in the turret to extinguish the fire.\u00a0 After this was taken care of, I proceeded to the waist to check the crew.<\/span><\/p>

    The first hit took half the right waist, including all control cables to the tail.\u00a0 Sgt.Peterson was laying on his back forward of the camera hatch where he had been throwing out shaff.<\/span><\/p>

    Sanderson, the right waist gunner, was slumped down on the deck below his gun.<\/span><\/p>

    Holscher, the tail gunner, was passing out in front of his position, and the tail<\/span><\/p>

    gunner was still in his position in the turret.\u00a0 That was the condition I found in the waist.\u00a0 I found all hands out of oxygen, including myself.<\/span><\/p>

    I went forward and told the pilot to drop down, explaining the lack of oxygen, and then returned to the waist to help those there.<\/span><\/p>

    I checked Peterson and found him dead, the top of his head having been blown off.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

    I am sure of this, as I put my hand under his helmet and my fingers went into his head.\u00a0 I covered him with flak suits and gave aid to Sanderson who had a bad neck wound.\u00a0 I fed him what oxygen I had in my walk-around bottle, and brought him to the flight deck.<\/span><\/p>

    I proceeded in the same manner with the rest of the wounded, and then did my best to repair the ship.<\/span><\/p>

    We received a third hit in #3 gas tank, which was the reason for leaving the ship in the end.\u00a0 We lost the radio, all electric and oxygen systems shortly after being hit.\u00a0 How we stayed up is a mystery, but the ship was being held in control by engines and a good pilot.<\/span><\/p>

    When #3 tank konked out, all hands bailed out, with the exception of Peterson who<\/span><\/p>

    was dead.\u00a0 The tail gunner\u2019s chute had been blown apart by flak, so he used Peterson\u2019s.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

    We used the bomb bay for an exit.\u00a0 I pulled a delayed jump, due to lack of oxygen.\u00a0 We<\/span><\/p>

    had been airborne for approximately forty minutes, and which time, I worked without oxygen.<\/span><\/p>

    We landed between one and three days apart, due to bailing out at 16,000 ft.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

    Peterson rode the ship down, but was thrown out the hole in the waist when it struck.\u00a0 The pilot landed nearest the ship, and was able to bury Peterson\u2019s body a day later with the aid of natives.<\/span><\/p>

    After three days, all nine of us were together in a small village called Bonivick, north of Trbuk and southeast of Doboj.<\/span><\/p>

    Two days later, the leader of the Chetnick group we were with informed us that they were moving Peterson\u2019s body to a cemetery.\u00a0 His grave should be marked, because they asked for his name and we wrote it out for them.\u00a0 They then marked his new grave on our maps, and it is a little north of Puracic.\u00a0 Doboj and Puracic are on the south side.<\/span><\/p>

    Two days later, the leader of the Chetnick group we were with informed us that they were moving Peterson\u2019s body to a cemetery.\u00a0 His grave should be marked, because they asked for his name and we wrote it out for them.\u00a0 They then marked his new grave on our maps, and it is a little north of Puracic.\u00a0 Doboj and Puracic are on the south side of the railroad the Germans used on their retreat from Greece.<\/span><\/p>

    Eugene Thomas, the co-pilot, was with us all the way and was not left behind.\u00a0 A mission picked us up Christmas Eve, 1944, and we were flown out shortly after.\u00a0 Thomas was back at the old group with us, and was flying when I shipped out.<\/span><\/p>

    I believe you have Eugene Thomas listed as missing, due to a mix-up radio broadcast sent out to Italy reporting us found.\u00a0 I believe, also, that you are checking our original records.\u00a0 But, look for our temporary records on all nine of us.<\/span><\/p>

    I was discharged on Temporary Records myself, and would like very much to have my originals, or a copy of same, for posterity.<\/span><\/p>

    \/s\/ Thomas M. Connolly, Jr.<\/span><\/p>

    \u00a0<\/span><\/p>+++++++++>>>>

    1st Lt. Arthur E. Farnham\u00a0\u00a0 Mr. Arthur E. Farnham (Father)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

    \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a012 Birds Hill Avenue<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

    \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Needham, Massachusetts<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

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    2<\/strong>nd<\/strong>\u00a0Lt. Eugene B. Thomas\u00a0\u00a0 Mrs. Jessie M. Thomas (Mother)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

    1233 8<\/strong>th<\/strong>\u00a0Street<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

    Eureka, California<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

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    2<\/strong>nd<\/strong>\u00a0Lt. Robert W. Eckman\u00a0 \u00a0Mr. George A. Echman (Father)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

    \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 910 Lawrence Avenue<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

    \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Chicago, Illinois<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

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    2<\/strong>nd<\/strong>\u00a0Lt. Marvin Stoloff\u00a0\u00a0 Mrs. Betty Stoloff (Mother)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

    \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 609 18<\/strong>th<\/strong>\u00a0Avenue<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

    \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Newark, New Jersey<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

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    S\/Sgt. Henry J. Shay\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mrs. Clara E. Shay (Mother)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

    \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3715 Park Street<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

    \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kansas City, Missouri<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

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    S\/Sgt. Franz F. Holscher\u00a0\u00a0 Mr. Paul F. Holscher (Father)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

    \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 421 Hill Street<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

    \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rocky Mount, North Carolina<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

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    S\/Sgt. Thomas W. Connolly\u00a0\u00a0 Mrs. Lorretta Connolly (Mother)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

    \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 94 O\u2019Callanhan Street<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

    \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 South Boston, Massachusetts<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

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    S\/Sgt. Carol J. Sanderson\u00a0\u00a0 Mrs. Sally Boyer (Aunt)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

    \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rural Route Number One<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

    \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ansonia, Ohio<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

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    Sgt. Percy A. Peterson\u00a0\u00a0 Mrs. Lena Peterson (Mother)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

    \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Route Number One<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

    \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Osseo, Wisconsin<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

    \u00a0<\/span><\/p>

    Sgt. Roscoe E. Teal\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Mrs. Gladys A. Teal (Wife)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

    852 Seward Street<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

    Seward, Nebraska<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

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    Thank you again to Jovan Ivancevic for sharing these photos with us!<\/h3>

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    GREAT NEWS!\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>

    Debi Jibilian, the daughter of radioman Arthur (Jibby) Jibiian shared this great news with us on August 4, 2009:<\/p>

    “It is with no small amount of pleasure that I am now able to share with you that Ohio Congressman Latta has introduced a Bill (referred to Committee) that has recommended Dad receive the Congressional Medal of Honor! \u00a0<\/p>

    “I know he won’t toot his own horn, so I’ll do it for him! \u00a0Brian Mc Mahon, of the EAA, has worked tirelessly on this for the last few months, taking a germ on an idea to fruition. \u00a0We never thought he’d get this far, and are so grateful to him for all his efforts.\u00a0<\/p>

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    “The announcement that Congressman Latta had introduced the Bill came as a total surprise to us last night on WTOL TV, Toledo 11 News at 11 p.m.! \u00a0All Brian told us was that Dad was going to be on the News. \u00a0We figured it was another blurb on his trip to Oshkosh last week to the EAA National Convention. \u00a0You can imagine how surprised we were to see it on the News!”<\/p>

    CONGRATULATIONS, JIBBY!\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

    ++++++++++++++++++<\/p>

    NORTHCOAST VETERAN’S EXHIBIT, Continued……\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>

    \u00a0Click lower right hand corner of all photos to enlarge…..<\/p>

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    ……and below!\u00a0<\/p>

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    Location – Within Gibsonburg Ohio, Sandusky County<\/p>

    NE Corner of Ohio State Route 300 “North Main Street” and East Stone Street\u00a0<\/p>

    Coordinates\u00a0<\/p>

    41.38705* N<\/p>

    83.31899* W<\/p>

    Airport Information – Some airports near Gibsonburg, OH<\/p>

    Fremont Airport, Fremont OH – 14G (8.7 Miles SE)<\/p>

    Metcalf Field, Toledo, OH – TDZ (14.7 Miles NE)<\/p>

    Wood County Airport, Bowling Green, OH – 1G0 (16.5 Miles WNW)<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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