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The Great Escape - U.S. airmen trapped in Serbia during World War II,
Air & Space Smithsonian Magazine,
January 2011

Halyard Mission, Serbia, 1944


Above: Americans fliers on a C-47, on the way from Pranjane, Yugoslavia, to Bari, Italy.
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Above: American airmen land in Bari, Italy, 1944.
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Above: George Vujnovich (standing, right) greets Nick Lalich (standing, center, with mustache) and the last group of downed airmen returning from Pranjane, Yugoslavia, on December 28, 1944.
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