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GENERAL DRAGOLJUB MIHAILOVICH WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE

GENERAL DRAGOLJUB MIHAILOVICH WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE
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Location: 32377 NORTH ILLINOIS ROUTE 21

City: LIBERTYVILLE

State: Illinois

Zip Code: 60048

Type of Memorial: War Memorial Honor Plaques, Panels. Stones (Individuals)

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR II

Photograph By: BILL KIRCHNER

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

GENERAL MIHAILOVICH RESCUED AND PROTECTED 500 AMERICAN AIRMEN SHOT DOWN OVER YUGOSLAVIA DURING WORLD WAR II. HE PROTECTED THEM FROM THE GERMANS UNTIL THEY WERE ALL RESCUED IN A DARING VENTURE BY THE OSS AND THE TROOP CARRIERS OF THE 15TH AIR FORCE. FOR HIS ACTIONS GENERAL MIHAILOVICH WAS AWARDED THE LEGION OF MERIT CHIEF COMMANDER BY PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN, MARCH 29, 1948.
SEE ALSO-GENERAL DRAGOLJUB MIHAILOVICH WAR MEMORIAL

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS LITTLE KNOWN WORLD WAR II OPERATION PLEASE READ, “THE FORGOTTEN 500” BY GREGORY A. FREEMAN


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