SGT. MIKE MCKOOL, American WWII Halyard Mission veteran, testifies before Commission of Inquiry

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SGT. MIKE MCKOOL, rescued American WWII Halyard Mission Airman, testifies before Commission of Inquiry regarding "Fair Trial for General Mihailovich" May 1946 New York

Aleksandra's Note: On May 13, 1946, the Committee for a Fair Trial for General Mihailovich announced that a "Commission of Inquiry" had been established in New York for the purpose of taking the testimonies of American officers and airmen whose request to be heard as witnesses at the trial of General Draza Mihailovich in Belgrade, Yugoslavia had been refused by the Tito government.

The following is the testimony of Sergeant Mike McKool from Dallas, Texas, one of the hundreds of American and Allied Airmen who had been rescued from Nazi-occupied territory in the former Yugoslavia via the Halyard Mission Rescue Operation. He gave this testimony at the Commission of Inquiry hearings in New York on May 16, 1946. Sergeant McKool was one of several witnesses to give their testimonies that month of May in the sincere hope that it would make a difference in the fate of General Draza Mihailovich.

It is testimonies such as this that reveal just what kind of people General Mihailovich and his Chetniks were in WWII Yugoslavia.

Thank God for men such as the rescued

American and Allied WWII veterans who never forgot what the great General and his Chetniks and the Serbian people did for them. I am especially grateful that the "Commision of Inquiry" was successfully initiated in the spring of 1946 and that the live testimonies of the rescued airmen were recorded and saved for posterity. They were the witnesses to history, and they spoke the truth.

Sincerely, Aleksandra Rebic

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PROCEEDINGS ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1946

The following is the transcript of Sergeant

Mike McKool's testimony before the

Commission of Inquiry.

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Remembering the Veterans...

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I just bought the book “The Forgotten 500.” A very interesting read.

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David Martin (former RCAF veteran of WW2), Aide to Sen. Tom Dodd, and later the Sen. Internal Security Subcommittee, was one of the men behind this “testimony”.

He wrote “Allied Betrayed” about the US/British betrayal of Mikhailovich to Tito and Yugoslavia to the communists.

Dave Martin, RIP. A true American patriot and freedom fighter.