NEWS
16 June: Forgotten History exhibit and reception at the Serbian Embassy in Washington DC.
2-4 June: The 32nd Annual WWII Weekend held at the MAAM in Reading, PA brought WWII enthusiasts from across the country.
16-18 May: Opportunity to plan with the Ohio National Guard for the Cleveland Air Show in September. The Foundation looks forward to making this an annual event.
29 May: Honored to spend Memorial Day 2023 at the World War II Memorial remembering and honoring our nation’s heroes.
11 May: The Halyard Mission Foundation was honored to attend the Admiral Halsey Award Dinner aboard Battleship New Jersey Museum in Camden, New Jersey.
The Halyard Mission Foundation works with sculptors, Stan Watts and Andrey Sledkov, of Atlas Bronze Casting, to produce a statue honoring the Halyard rescue mission.
PROJECTS
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.
ALEKSANDAR VUČIĆ
PRESIDENT OF SERBIA
KYLE SCOTT
US AMBASSADOR
JOHN CAPPELLO
HALYARD MISSION
FOUNDATION
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.
Email: john@halyardmission.org
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.
Email: dan@balkansecurity.org
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.
Email: bojan@halyardmission.org
MILOS BOJANIC
RESEARCHER
Amateur historian, author of several articles on WWII, published in scientific journals. Researched through archival data, and created database with names of more than 5500 airmen that were shot down over Yugoslavia.
Email: milosb@halyardmission.org
Board of Directors
RANKO RISTIC
Steve Slepcevic
Dario Kerkez
Strategic Advisor
Robert Kovacevich
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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Email: john@halyardmission.org
Tel: 202-876-4868
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