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  • Another WWII Veteran Salutes Mihailovich in 2008

    03/09/2008 8:42:14 AM PDT · by Ravnagora · 32 replies · 792+ views
    Beaver County Times and Allegheny Times ^ | March 8, 2008 | Bob Bauder
    WWII airman recalls series of narrow escapes from behind enemy lines By Bob Bauder, Times Staff Published: Saturday, March 8, 2008 11:38 PM EST Carl Walpusk has a soft spot in his heart for Serbia. In 1944, Walpusk, of Moon Township, parachuted out of a sputtering B-24 bomber into Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia and the hands of a rag-tag band of Serbian guerilla fighters known as Chetniks. For 33 days, the Chetniks escorted Walpusk and nine other members of his crew from one Serbian village to another — risking their lives and those of collaborating villagers — to keep the airmen safe...