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Уз бројна предавања и текстове из 2018. године а у вези са Mission Halyard стиже још један у коме су комунисти окарактерисани као споредни ликови и убице невиних људи. Наравно овде ни њихови ментори Енглези нису остали непоменути.

After 74 years — and exactly eight years after his death — Toledoan Art Jibilian was finally recognized March 21 for the vital role he played in rescuing over 500 downed United States airmen during World War II.

Germany invaded Yugoslavia in April, 1941, and the Nazis made quick work of the Royal Yugoslav Army. The Yugoslavs surrendered less than two weeks later, but their Gen. Draza Mihailovic never stopped fighting.

Mr. Jibilian volunteered anyway, joining his team with a unit led by Army Air Corps commander Gen. Nathan Twining. The British attempted to sabotage the rescue mission and tried to parachute American forces into an ongoing battle.The Allied powers were shying away from General Mihailovic, an ethnic Serbian, at this point of the war and backing Croat Josip Broz, also known as Tito.That didn't stop Mr. Jibilian and General Mihailovich from carrying out their plan. On Aug. 9, dozens of airmen were carried out on four C-47s. The next morning, 12 C-47s arrived in Pranjane and lifted another 272 airmen to safety. About 30 P-51s flew cover for the mission, mostly manned by members of the Tuskegee Airmen.

General Mihailovic was captured and put on trial by Tito, who headed Yugoslavia’s Communist government after the war, for high treason and war crimes. None of the airmen rescued in Operation Halyard were permitted to testify on the general's behalf, and he was found guilty and executed.

Mr. Jibilian and his wife traveled to Serbia in 2004 and 2005 at the nation's invitation. A grandson of one of the rescued airmen accompanied them as an escort.

http://www.toledoblade.com/local/2018/04...honor.html


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