Friday, November 17, 2017

VELIMIR CVJETICANIN 1948 - 2017 / MEMORY ETERNAL / Visitation and Funeral Services

Velimir Cvjeticanin and the Spomenica dedicated to his father,
Chetnik Commander Milan Cvjeticanin,
at the Organization of Serbian Chetniks Ravna Gora (OSCRG) Congress
 in Merrillville, Indiana May 2014. Photo by Aleksandra Rebic.
 
 
Aleksandra's Note: Earlier this week I was informed that Velimir Cvjeticanin had only a few days left...As of this morning, Friday November 17, 2017, he is no longer in pain. Rest in Peace, our sweet "Nani". You were truly beloved.

One of the finest Serbian patriots in the entire Diaspora. A good, decent, kind man - a gentle soul with a wealth of knowledge who used that knowledge to carry on a great legacy. Velimir Cvjeticanin set an excellent example for all of us on what it means to be a "Chetnik". He honored me with his friendship, and I treasured him.

Memory Eternal.

Sincerely,
Aleksandra Rebic
November 17, 2017


Visitation:
Sunday, November 19, 2017 at Lincoln Ridge Funeral
Home in Schererville, Indiana (Crown Point)
from 5 - 8:00 p.m.
Pomen (Memorial Service)
7:00 p.m.
7607 W Lincoln Hwy.
Crown Point, Indiana 46307
 
Opelo - Funeral Service
Monday, November 20, 2017 - 9:00 a.m.
St. George Serbian Orthodox Church - Harbor
(East Chicago)
4021 Elm Street
East Chicago, Indiana 46312

Burial
Monday, Nov. 20, 2017 - Noon.
St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Monastery
32377 IL-21
Libertyville, Illinois 60048

 
 
Anyone who wishes to send condolence cards can mail them to the Lincoln Ridge Funeral Home in Crown Point, Indiana.


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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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Wednesday, November 15, 2017

HALYARD MISSION MOVIE! / Gulfstream Pictures Acquires Gregory Freeman WWII Escape Tale ‘The Forgotten 500’ !



Gulfstream Pictures Acquires Gregory Freeman WWII Escape Tale ‘The Forgotten 500’

EXCLUSIVE:  Gulfstream Pictures has acquired feature film rights to the Gregory Freeman book The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II. Gulfstream partners Mike Karz and Bill Bindley will use it to tell a fact-based WWII escape tale. Based on declassified documents and exclusive interviews, the book tells a story kept secret more than 60 years, of the young American airmen shot down in the hills of Yugoslavia during bombing runs, their daring escape, and the secret agents who came to their rescue.

The airmen, eager to join the war and fight the Germans, took part in often-deadly trips from Italy to bomb German oil fields in Romania. They found themselves parachuting out of crippled planes and into the arms of Yugoslav villagers who, despite being surrounded by the Germans, risked their own lives to help the downed airmen in the fight against the Nazis. With crucial fighter support from the Tuskegee Airmen, American cargo planes descended into Nazi territory for the greatest secret rescue mission of World War II. The U.S., British and Yugoslav governments kept the rescue effort quiet, denying credit to the heroic rescuers and the foreign allies who sacrificed their lives to save the airmen.

Bindley and Karz will produce for Gulfstream and Porter Farrell will be executive producer through his Turnpike Pictures banner.

“In an era of comic book heroes, the men and women in The Forgotten 500 harken back to real-life characters from classic films like The Great Escape in a nonfiction adventure story that will have audiences of all ages on the edge of their seats,” said Bindley.

Added Karz: “Much like we saw with Argo, this story was kept classified for a long time, in this case for over a half century. Greg’s book reads like a novel – it tells of daring heroism, loyalty, and self-sacrifice.”

Freeman, whose most recent book is The Gathering Wind: Hurricane Sandy, the Sailing Ship Bounty, and a Courageous Rescue at Sea, is repped by WME.

Gulfstream is separately percolating King David for Warner Bros based on David: The Divided Heart by Rabbi David Wolpe. Turnpike’s next film is Hate Crimes, followed by When Cowboys Die.


http://deadline.com/2017/11/the-forgotten-500-wwii-rescue-tale-gulfstream-pictures-gregory-feeman-1202208750/


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Friday, November 10, 2017

Zašto bi Dražu ubili na Zlatiboru / "Novosti" Nov. 9, 2017

Novosti
J. MATIJEVIĆ
09. novembar 2017.

Zašto bi Dražu ubili na Zlatiboru

Istoričar Srđan Cvetković iz Instituta za savremenu istoriju, za "Novosti", o otkriću u pećini Cerova. Mihailovićeve stvari koje je imao prilikom hapšenja, pa i naočare, nalaze se u BIA.

Pećina u Mušvetama na Zlatiboru

SVE lične stvari Dragoslava Draže Mihailovića, pa i naočare koje je imao prilikom hapšenja, nalaze se u BIA. Njih smo čak i izlagali 2014. godine u okviru izložbe "U ime naroda" priređenoj u Istorijskom muzeju Srbije. Osim generalovih naočara, tu su i njegova lula, sat, mapa, penkalo, kompas, pištolj... Ordenje kojim je američki predsednik Hari Truman, 1948. godine, posthumno odlikovao Dražu Mihailovića, predato je njegovoj ćerki Gordani.

Ovo je "Novostima" rekao dr Srđan Cvetković, naučni saradnik Instituta za savremenu istoriju u Beogradu povodom teksta objavljenog u sredu u našem listu o mogućnosti da je u pećini Cerova na Zlatiboru, streljan komandant Jugoslovenske vojske u otadžbini. To što je u jami pronađen prepoznatljiv predmet - staklo i deo okvira za naočare, poput onih koje je Mihailović nosio uoči streljanja 17. jula 1946, naš sagovornik ne smatra iznenađujućim.

- Takve naočare imali su mnogi ljudi toga doba i ne treba da budu povod za bilo kakvu insinuaciju bez drugih dokaza - dodaje Cvetković. - Teoretski je moguće da je general Draža Mihailović streljan bilo gde u Srbiji, pa i kod jame Cerova u Mušvetama na Zlatiboru, ali smatram da je to malo verovatno. Zašto bi ga, pored toliko strelišta u posleratnom Beogradu i okolini, odvodili tako daleko, gotovo u kraj u kom je 13. marta 1946. godine uhapšen.

Srđan Cvetković

U teško dostupnoj jami Cerova na Zlatiboru, speleolozi iz Apatina i Beograda, jesenas su otkrili masovnu grobnicu u kojoj su, po svedočenjima meštana obližnjeg sela Mušvete, zemni ostaci pripadnika Ravnogorskog pokreta streljanih u junu 1945. godine. Reč je o sedamdesetak mladića, starih od 16 do 20 godina, surovo i bez presude likvidiranih po završetku Drugog svetskog rata. Na njihovim skeletima vidi se da su im ruke bile vezane žicom. Tako se predanje najstarijih živih Zlatiboraca, nemoćnih da svoje reči o svirepom ubistvu zarobljenih četnika na kraju rata potkrepe dokazima, posle sedam decenija pokazalo istinitim.

Naočare Draže Mihailovića koje su izložene u muzeju BIA

RASPITIVANjE KRCUNA I MINIĆA

OSIM dela naočara koje liče na one generala Mihailovića, u Cerovi su, među kostima, pronađene i tabakere, kaiševi, opanci, cokule i ispucane čaure. Da su naočare baš pripadale komandantu Jugoslovenske vojski u otadžbini, meštane na sumnju navodi sećanje najstarijih da su se za ovu jamu, u poratnim godinama, na Zlatiboru lično raspitivali Slobodan Penezić Krcun, vođa akcije hvatanja đenerala, i Miloš Minić, tužilac u sudskom procesu protiv Mihailovića.


Deo naočara pronađen u pećini

STAMATOVIĆ: PODIŽEMO SPOMENIK

Prvi čovek Čajetine Milan Stamatović najavio je da će Opština podići spomen-obeležje i urediti teren oko pećine u Mušvetama.

- To će biti zapravo memorijalni kompleks žrtvama u Mušvetama, ali i svim srpskim žrtvama genocida u 20. veku - navodi se u Stamatovićevoj pisanoj izjavi dostavljenoj medijima. - Potrebno je, najpre, otkriti šta se na tom mestu tačno dogodilo, pronaći potomke stradalnika, a potom posmrtne ostatke žrtava sahraniti po pravoslavnim običajima u jedinstveni memorijalni kompleks.



http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/naslovna/reportaze/aktuelno.293.html:694873-Zasto-bi-Drazu-ubili-na-Zlatiboru


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