Heroes of Halyard mission - George Musulin

George S. Musulin, a World War II veteran, helped evacuate 400 American airmen from Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia in 1944. Musulin, the son of Yugoslav immigrants, was appointed chief of a mission to rescue these airmen who had been forced down while flying over territory controlled by Mihailovich chetniks. For his efforts, Mr. Musulin was awarded the Legion of Merit. Mr. Musulin enlisted in the Office of Naval Intelligence and joined the Central Intelligence Agency in 1950, where he remained until he retired in 1974.