Sunday, April 11, 2010

CONGRATULATIONS to 'Dositej Obradovic' School in Zrenjanin, Serbia on your Halyard Mission milestone in Serbian-American relations!


'Dositej Obradovic' Elementary School, Zrenjanin, Serbia
50th Anniversary celebration
April 9, 2010
Photo by Goran Mihajlov

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'Dositej Obradovic' Elementary School
Direktor Jovica Keljacki and USAF Attache Lt. Col. John Cappello
April 9, 2010 Zrenjanin, Serbia
Photo above from "List Zrenjanin'

Dr. Ilic of the Tesla Memorial Society, New York (far left),
Zorica Denda, Simo Corovic, (gray jacket) Sekretar of the school,
Stanisa Banjanin, 'Dositej Obradovic' School Direktor Jovica Keljacki
at microphone, Lt. Col. John Cappello, USAF, and
Dragana Obradovic of the American Embassy in Belgrade.
 Zrenjanin, Serbia April 9, 2010
Photo above by Goran Mihajlov.

Elementary School students and Direktor Jovica Keljacki
'Dositej Obradovic' in Zrenjanin, Serbia 
celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the School
with special guest Lt. Col. John Cappello of the U.S. Embassy
in Serbia April 9, 2010. Photo above and below by Simo Corovic.



Lt. Col. John T. Cappello, USAF Attache American Embassy
 in Belgrade
Presents the "Halyard Mission" story to the students of
'Dositej Obradovic' Elementary School in
Zrenjanin, Serbia April 9, 2010. To Col. Cappello's right is
Dragana Obradovic of the Public Affairs Office of
the American Embassy in Belgrade.
Photo by Goran Mihajlov.

Students of "Dositej Obradovic" Elementary School
Zrenjanin, Serbia
with Dragana Obradovic, Lt. Col. John Cappello
and School Direktor Jovica Keljacki
April 9, 2010. Photo by Simo Corovic.

A great day at Dositej in Zrenjanin, Serbia!
April 9, 2010
Photo by Goran Mihajlov.

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Aleksandra's Note:  It's my great pleasure to announce that the 50th anniversary celebration at the Dositej Obradovic Elementary School in Zrenjanin, Serbia on Friday, April 9, 2010 was a complete success! This was a milestone day of great significance. For their 50th anniversary celebration, the school chose to mark the day with a very special presentation of the "Halyard Mission Rescue Operation" with special guest Lt. Col. John Cappello, USAF attache at the American Embassy in Belgrade, Serbia. Also present was Dr. Ilic from the Tesla Memorial Society of New York

Below you will find some of the highlights from this special day, including a description, in Serbian, from Simo Corovic, Sekretar of the school who was a main organizer of this event, a news story (in Serbian), and videos (all in the English language).

I hope that everyone will realize just how important this day was. The extent to which the Halyard Mission remained "unknown" in Serbia for many decades is truly unfortunate - a legacy of the Tito regime and its adherents. But now, things are changing for the better!  They are changing in ways that will benefit the relationship between the Serbians and the Americans, two groups of people who should always remain allies, especially in our world as it is today.

To Simo Corovic, my deepest, most heartfelt congratulations! I am so proud of you, the staff of your school, 'Dositej Obradovic' in Zrenjanin, and your young students who were receptive to learning about this incredible event, the Halyard Mission, which took place on their soil.

Samo Napred Simo!

Sincerely,

Aleksandra Rebic

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Simo Corovic and Lt. Col. John T. Cappello
Zrenjanin, Serbia 'Dositej Obradovic' School
April 9, 2010















SIMO COROVIC, Sekretar Osnovne Skole "Dositej Obradovic":

"Danas je u Srbiji bio veoma suncan, lep dan. Zajedno sa suncem koje nas je ovog prolecnog dana obasjalo i donelo toplinu, kao da je na simbolican nacin pocela da se pojavljuje Istina o Ravnoj Gori i pokretu Draze Mihajlovica.


Uskoro cemo, nadamo se saznati i gde je grob generala Mihajlovica. To je dug srpskog naroda prema istoriji, prema pravdi i svim stradalima od komunista.

Danas je u skoli "Dositej Obradovic" u Zrenjaninu povodom proslave Dana skole u poseti bio vojni atase John Cappello iz Ambasade USA u Beogradu. Odrzao je predavanje na temu o spasavanju saveznickih pilota u 2.svetskom ratu u Srbiji. Ucenici i nastavnici slusali su predavanje na engleskom jeziku, a nakon toga pogledali su i 2 filma o Operaciji Halyard, najvecoj operaciji spasavanja saveznickih vojnika u 2.svetskom ratu. Predavanje je pocelo minutom cutanja u znak pocasti prema nedavno preminulom ratnom vojnom heroju Arthuru Jibilianu, koji je bio veliki prijatelj srpskog naroda. John Cappello se toplo zahvalio za ovaj znak paznje.

Predavanju je prisustvovao i Dr. Ilic iz memorijalnog Udruzenja "Tesla" sa sedistem u New York-u. On se takodje obratio prisutnima sa zahvalnoscu zbog toga sto se o ovoj temi sada zvanicno govori u jednoj drzavnoj skoli. Dr Ilic je poklonio skoli knjigu pod nazivom "Zaboravljenih 500".

Predavanju su prisustvovali : Nacelnik Skolske uprave Zrenjanin Stanisa Banjanin, Nacelnik Okruga Srednji Banat Tanja Dulovic, zamenik gradonacelnika grada Zrenjanina Zorica Denda,kao i predstavnici Skupstine grada Zrenjanina.

Po zavrsetku predavanja otvorena je izlozba likovnih radova ucenika skole, hor je pevao pesme na engleskom i srpskom jeziku, a najbolji ucenici su dobili knjige i diplome. John Cappello je cestitao svakom nagradjenom uceniku.

Direktor skole Jovica Keljacki poklonio je Johnu Cappellu knjigu foto monografiju grada Zrenjanina. Ambasada USA je poklonila skoli filmove o Operaciji Halyard i druge vredne poklone. Nakon toga, svi su prisustvovali koktelu u velikoj sali skole. Skola se posebno zahvaljuje predstavnici Ambasade Dragani Obradovic, koja je na sve prisutne ostavila predivan utisak. Dogovoreno je da se nastavi saradnja skole sa Ambasadom tako sto ce biti realizovan konkurs za ucenike 7. razreda za sve skole na teritoriji grada Zrenjanina, a dodela nagrada ce biti 17. septembra 2010.godine."


Simo Corovic
Sekretar
Osnovna Skola
"Dositej Obradovic"
Zrenjanin, Serbia
April 9, 2010

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The following story was published in

http://www.listzrenjaninonline.com/

AMERIČKI VOJNI ATAŠE U ZRENJANINU

Sportskim susretima, umetničkim programom i dodelom nagrada učenicima koji su bili najuspešniji na takmičenjima, proslavljen je dan Osnovne škole „Dositej Obradović“ u Zrenjaninu koja ove godine beleži pola veka postojanja.


Počasni gost bio je Džon Kapelo, vojni ataše u Ambasadi SAD u Srbiji koji je govorio o akciji spašavanja američkih pilota u Drugom svetskom ratu Operacija „Vazdušni most“ je najveća akcija spašavanja savezničkih snaga iz neprijateljskih linija u Drugom svetskom ratu i izvedena je u Srbiji.

Najveći broj pilota je evakuisan sa improvizovanog aerodroma u selu Pranjanini 1944.godine, a u američkim vojnim kruhovima ova spasilačka misija je poznata kao Operacija Halijard.Predavanju su prisustvovali i učenici – delegati sedmih i osmih razreda.

Školskoj svečanosti prisustvovali su i Tanja Dulović, načelnica Srednjobanatskog okruga, Zorica Denda, pomoćnik gradonačečnika, Staniša Banjanin, načelnik Školske uprave, i drugi. Najboljim učenicima na dosadašnjim takmičenjima nagrade su uručili Džon Kapelo i Jovica Keljački, direktor škole.

M.B.

http://www.listzrenjanin.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=549:ameriki-vojni-atae-u-zrenjaninu&catid=23:kratke-vesti&Itemid=23


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Video One of  Two


Predavanje na temu "Vazdusni most - spasavanje saveznickih pilota u 2. svetskom ratu u Srbiji"

The students of the "Dositej Obradovic" school in Zrenjanin, Serbia honor Halyard Mission Radioman Arthur "Jibby" Jibilian and celebrate the 50th anniverary of the Dositej school on April 9, 2010 with songs and the introduction to the "Halyard Mission" presentation that would be the highlight of this important day. This video features the students, Lt. Col. John Cappello, USAF attache at the American Embassy in Serbia, and Dr. Ilic from the Tesla Memorial Society of New York.



Posted by "Pavle821" on April 9, 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPDGU5md38o

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Video Two of Two


USAF Attache at the U.S. Embassy in Serbia Lt. Col. John Cappello presents the Halyard Mission Rescue Operation Story to the students of the "Dositej Obradovic" school in Zrenjanin, Serbia on April 9, 2010



Posted by "Pavle821" on April 9, 2010


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgSqHgsf7_


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Below is the "Halyard Mission/Misija Halijard" video that was shown to the "Dositej" students in Zrenjanin on April 9, 2010 highlighting the great rescue of American airmen from Pranjani, Serbia in 1944.



Posted by "MissionHalyard" on July 16, 2009


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJS-PbzkIJs&NR=1


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If you would like to get in touch with me, Aleksandra, please feel free to contact me at ravnagora@hotmail.com


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