HALYARD MISSION Foundation
The goal of the Halyard Mission Foundation is to educate, commemorate and increase awareness of the Halyard Mission, the rescue of over 500 US airmen during WWII, and the role the Serbs played in the success of the mission.
FOUNDATION
EFFORTS
HISTORIC MARKERS
Construct signs that explain the historic significance of areas surrounding Pranjani, location of the initial rescue missions.
RECOGNITION PLAQUES
To recognize those that assisted the airmen.
PRANJANI COMMUNITY COMMITTEE
Community established leadership community to coordinate future plans with the foundation.
COOPERATION
Building a network of indviduals, governmental and non-governmental agencies in Serbia and the United States.
OUR VISION
The goal of the Halyard Mission Foundation is to educate, commemorate and increase awareness of the Halyard Mission, the rescue of over 500 US airmen during WWII, and the role the Serbs played in the success of the mission. By doing this we hope to promote historical ties between the US and Serbia which are based on values of freedom and democracy. We share an important history, and that is an important story to tell.
ABOUT US
JOHN CAPPELLO
PRESIDENT
Lt. Col. John Cappello retired from the United States Air Force (USAF) in 2014 after serving over 24 years. He served as the USAF Attaché to Serbia and Israel. He is a Command Pilot having accumulated over 3,000 flying hours.
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DANIEL SUNTER
FOUNDER
Worked as a journalist and editor at BK TV, British Institute for War & Peace Reporting, The Economist, Euro-Atlantic Review, Balkan Intelligence, producer at EAI Productions and consultant at Cook Communications and Channel 4.
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BOJAN DRAGICEVIC
FOUNDER
Worked as author of Arsenal documentary series, executive producer at EAI Productions projects in Slovenia, Norway, Serbia, USA, Lebanon, Cyprus, United Kingdom, Bulgaria, Hungary, Montenegro and Czech Republic.
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MILOS BOJANIC
RESEARCHER
Amateur historian, author of several articles on ww2, published in scientific journals. Researched through archival data, and created database with names of more than 5500 airmen that were shot down over Yugoslavia.
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CONTACT
HALYARD MISSION FOUNDATION
OUR ADDRESS
Halyard Mission Foundation
Đorđa Radojlovića 21
11000 Belgrade
Serbia
Halyard Mission Foundation
817 26th Place South
Arlington, VA 22202
USA
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Tel: 202-876-4868
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