Jennifer, you have done such a remarkable job capturing the importance of hearing first hand accounts from the airmen while there is still time to do so! You, Steve Crum, your cameraman, and WTOL-TV are all to be congratulated for your dedication in seeing this through! Everyone talks about building relationships with communities, but you all have taken this to a new level! You have "partnered" with the EAA airmen, the Rescued 500 airmen, the OSS group via Jibby, the Serbian community, the Yankee Air Museum, the people from Metcalf Field in Toledo, Toledo University, etc. It's a list that would make any grant writer proud! Oh, and the extra effort you went to in locating Curtis (Bud) Diles puts you over the top for Investigative skills! It's all like a dream, and I'm so glad I got to be a part of it! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Mim xoxooxx

P.S.This break-through journalism piece has already gone world-wide, thanks to the power of the Internet! One further suggestion for Partnerships----you should ask TV stations in other cities to also share your work. This should be distributed all over the USA for ALL Americans to hear & see!

Jennifer, I thank you and WTOL for your fine journalistic coverage of the "Forgotten 500" crewmen. This was a REAL story that needed (and still needs) to be told to Americans. I've been to many Serbian banquets honoring both these US airmen and the many Serbians who lived in Pranjini,Serbia during WW II and gave up their lives, and lives of their entire families just so that the US airmen could be saved. Those are stories of heroism and sacrifice that must not be forgotten- nor must America forget that the Halyard mission was the greatest rescue of American servicemen behind enemy lines in US history.
Again, thank you WTOL for displaying true journalistic integrity in airing Jennifer's segment on the "Forgotten 500". Most Serbian-Americans KNOW this true story, but 98% of Americans do not. Perhaps, more Americans, and our politicians, should.

Thank you so much for your responses...I am glad you enjoyed the piece. What an incredible story to tell!! It was quite a priviledge for me to meet and interview those four airmen.

Dear Jennifer,

As someone who knows these fine men personally, as well as many who have passed on over the years who were both the rescuers and the rescued, I wanted to commend you on your excellent journalistic work regarding the Halyard Mission operation. These men deserve our gratitude and our respect, for keeping this story alive all these years. They never forgot what was done for them by the Serbian people and their leader, General Draza Mihailovich, during WWII. I'm privileged and honored to know these fine men and to call them friends.

Jennifer, thank you for your work and for telling this story truthfully and with the reverence it deserves. I wish there were more journalists like you.

Sincerely,

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I agree with the above comments. What an incredible story told in an incredible way. I too would love to see this story aired on stations across the country. Including CBS evening news. Jennifer and those who helped put this story together deserve a lot of credit. Thank You for telling the story, and Thank You to the servicemen that lived this story as it happened. May the story of The Forgotten 500 never be forgotten.

Jen, I am so very proud of you and the work you put into this story. What an incredible piece of US history and what a shame that I had never heard it before. This story should be shown on every station across the country and in our schools, where so many students have no idea what our Veterans did to serve our country.

I cried while watching your story. Congratulations to you and everyone who assisted you. I know I will never forget The Forgotten 500.

Love, Momma King

Thank you again for the kind words!

I really appreciate everyone taking the time to leave me a comment.

I just hope the story will show more people why it is so important to appreciate our military men and women and to thank our veterans for all they have done to serve our country.

My father was shot down in this same area and escaped with the help of local people. He was back in Italy before these rescues occured. All across that region, simple people risked their lives for these B17 crews. Though he was not part of this daring rescue, his was no less amazing and owed totally to those wonderful citizens of that part of the world. I am one of eight children, mostly professionals. I have had the priviledge to care for children with cancer, several, who came to the US from that same area of the world. Politics had so much less to do with any of these rescues than character and heart. We are grateful. I am in awe of these men you wrote about, but ever more in awe of those farm families who changed my world (our world) with their acts of kindness.

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This is the translation of the previous post: "Good post, where to get more information? Thank you, Elian" I appreciate the post Elian, but I had to translate your comment on a site, because I don't speak German. To answer your question...I would suggest reading the book The Forgotten 500...it is very informative, or search the internet...you should find even more. Enjoy!
(Ich schätze die Post Elian, aber ich hatte zu übersetzen Ihren Kommentar auf einer Website, weil ich nicht sprechen Deutsch. Ich würde vorschlagen, Lesen des Buches The Forgotten 500 ... es ist sehr informativ, oder suchen Sie auf der Internet ... sollten Sie noch mehr. Genießen!)
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