Extraction operation of U.S. airmen remembered

Serbian officials and U.S. representatives were in the village of Pranjane, near Ravna Gora, today. There they remembered events from the summer of 1944, when more than 500 allied pilots, shot down by Nazi German troops, were evacuated from occupied Serbia. Extraction operation of U.S. airmen remembered United States Ambassador to Serbia Cameron Munter and members of the Ohio National Guard delegation, currently on a visit to the Serbian Army, were among those attending. They were shown a video presentation of documents on the operation, known as the Halyard Mission, which is considered one of the largest operations behind enemy lines. Munter used this occasion to tell reporters that the United States will "continue to support Serbia's democracy and progress" and that his country is looking at Serbia's future "with optimism". "U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice recently approved the assistance to Serbia and in the past years the United States granted almost USD 700mn," Munter was quoted as saying by Tanjug. He also said that Pranjani is a good place to remember "friendship of the Serbian and American peoples" and the successful cooperation of the two countries, but also the Serbian victims in the Second World War "in the fight against the common enemy". The U.S. ambassador said that the United States is very optimistic regarding Serbia's future and ready to continue this partnership.

Extraction operation of U.S. airmen remembered

United States Ambassador to Serbia Cameron Munter and members of the Ohio National Guard delegation, currently on a visit to the Serbian Army, were among those attending.

They were shown a video presentation of documents on the operation, known as the Halyard Mission, which is considered one of the largest operations behind enemy lines.

Munter used this occasion to tell reporters that the United States will "continue to support Serbia's democracy and progress" and that his country is looking at Serbia's future "with optimism".

"U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice recently approved the assistance to Serbia and in the past years the United States granted almost USD 700mn," Munter was quoted as saying by Tanjug.

He also said that Pranjani is a good place to remember "friendship of the Serbian and American peoples" and the successful cooperation of the two countries, but also the Serbian victims in the Second World War "in the fight against the common enemy".

The U.S. ambassador said that the United States is very optimistic regarding Serbia's future and ready to continue this partnership.