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<p>KristopherKnoll: </p> <hr /> <div>&lt;br&gt;PRANJANI, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour viên gia giới] Serbia, Sept 26 (Reuters) - A monument shaped like a military transport plane was unveiled on a Serbian hillside on Saturday, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html kynghidongduong.vn] commemorating the rescue of hundreds of allied pilots who were shot down by German forces during World War Two.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;About 500 airmen, mostly Americans, were brought to the village of Pranjani during 1944 to be airlifted back to base in Bari, Italy, in the bold mission behind enemy lines - known as Operation Halyard.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;U.S.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;diplomats and senior Serbian officials raised their countries' flags at the site in central Serbia during Saturday's inauguration ceremony.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;For more than 50 years, during Communism, the operation was not officially acknowledged or [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour viên gia giới] taught in schools because it received local support from royalist troops led by convicted Nazi collaborator [http://www.buzznet.com/?s=Draza%20Mihajlovic Draza Mihajlovic].&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;Radoljub Jankovic, a local resident who was 14 at the time of the airlifts, recounted his memories of the operation in a speech at the [http://www.wordreference.com/definition/ceremony ceremony].&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&quot;I still hear the noise of the engines of the American planes in the air,&quot; he said, presenting a bottle of home-made traditional plum brandy to the U.S.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;ambassador to Serbia and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&quot;I will make sure to drink this bottle of traditional Serbian brandy with President (Donald) Trump when he visits Serbia so he feels how American soldiers enjoyed it 76 years ago,&quot; Vucic said. (Reporting by Ivana Sekularac; Editing by Helen Popper)&lt;br&gt;</div>

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