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A THANKSGIVING TRIBUTE TO THE AMERICANS FROM GENERAL DRAZA MIHAILOVICH
www.generalmihailovich.com ^ | 1944/2013 | Lt. Colonel Albert B. Seitz [American Office of Strategic Services OSS]

Posted on 11/28/2013 10:32:57 AM PST by Ravnagora

General Mihailovich

Lt. Colonel Albert B. Seitz [American Office of Strategic Services OSS]

''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 my tour of Serbia, the Minister [General Mihailovich] had expressed a desire to do something to honor America saying 'Here we have Slava, the day of our patron saint. What is America’s slava?'

"I thought for a moment and said, 'We have four great days: Christmas, New Years, Independence Day, and Thanksgiving. Christmas 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. Thanksgiving 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.'

"Mihailovich replied, 'Good, we would honor America and on the Eve of that day each mountaintop of Serbia will have a fire lighted by our peasants.'

(Excerpt) Read more at generalmihailovich.com ...


TOPICS: Hobbies; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: mihailovich; serbia; thanksgiving; wwii

1 posted on 11/28/2013 10:32:57 AM PST by Ravnagora
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2 posted on 11/28/2013 10:34:37 AM PST by Ravnagora
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To: Ravnagora

Wow!


3 posted on 11/28/2013 10:36:01 AM PST by bunkerhill7 ("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.")
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To: Ravnagora

thank you


4 posted on 11/28/2013 10:41:31 AM PST by NonValueAdded (It's not the penalty, it's the lack of coverage on 1 Jan. Think about it.)
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To: Ravnagora

Sretan Dan zahvalnosti!


5 posted on 11/28/2013 10:47:24 AM PST by Fiji Hill (Io Triumphe!)
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To: Ravnagora
I remember my late father, a WWII vet, speaking with affection about Draza Mihailovich.

I seem to remember some connection to the Masons, but my memory may be faulty.

6 posted on 11/28/2013 10:48:24 AM PST by Madame Dufarge
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To: Ravnagora

Thank you for sharing.


7 posted on 11/28/2013 11:01:54 AM PST by Conservative4Ever (A pox on the House of Apple and the ios7 horse they rode in on.)
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To: Ravnagora
Thank you for this interesting post.

Happy Thanksgiving!

8 posted on 11/28/2013 11:22:19 AM PST by Dragonfly
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9 posted on 11/28/2013 11:35:48 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: Ravnagora

A great general, “sacrificed” to the Communists BY THE COMMUNIST AGENTS IN OUR GOV’T


10 posted on 11/28/2013 11:51:06 AM PST by capt B
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To: capt B

Bigtime.


11 posted on 11/28/2013 3:38:12 PM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: Ravnagora

Happy Thanksgiving Aleksandra! Memory Eternal Cica Drazha!


12 posted on 11/28/2013 3:51:40 PM PST by MadelineZapeezda (Remember, this is an administration which will not profile terrorists, but profile patriots? /Newt)
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To: Ravnagora

And these are the people Bill Clinton bombed while he was getting bjobs. Good lord.


13 posted on 11/28/2013 5:39:45 PM PST by jmacusa (I don't think so, but I doubt it.)
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To: Ravnagora

The premier HERO of the 20th century. Memory eternal!


14 posted on 11/29/2013 7:20:10 AM PST by eleni121 ("All Along the Watchtower" Book of Isaiah, Chapter 21, verses 5-9)
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To: Ravnagora

Thanks for this post.


15 posted on 12/01/2013 5:24:05 AM PST by bayouranger (Those who are anti-islam are a National Security Threat.- J.Brennan CIA Dir. Feb10)
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