My former neighbor and employer was an American bomber pilot who was shot down over Yugoslavia and rescued, probably by that organization. The local partisans hid him and others for a week until a rescue could be arranged. On the night of the rescue, the pilots were hidden in foxholes in a field next to an improvised landing strip. They were dispersed over a large area so that if the Nazis discovered them and began shelling the field, they would not all perish due to one unlucky hit. He said it was cold, and the longest, scariest night of his life. An airplane touched down for less than a minute, as every pilot scrambled from his hole, ran and climbed aboard. He was the one who originally told me that “there are no atheists in foxholes”.
What a remarkable story! Thanks.
We owe so many thanks to these patriots. It’s imperative to uphold their brave histories.