Part 13 (2/2)
Page 158 ” 'I don't know if he's on the Communist honor roll, but for the job he's doing in Italy, he's on the honor roll of OSS' ” Ford, Corey, p. 135.
Page 160 ”an explosive that looked remarkably like regular flour and could even be used to bake m.u.f.fins and bread” Lovell, Stanley. Of Spies and Strategems Of Spies and Strategems. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1963, p. 17.
Page 161 ”The Beano activated and exploded when he caught it on the way down” O'Donnell, p. 17.
Page 161 ”Of the 831 members of the OSS decorated for gallantry during World War II . . .” Ford, Corey, p. 145.
Page 162 ”impale members of the resistance on meat hooks in the public square” Ford, Corey, p. 186.
Page 162 ”Biting down on the pill would spill its contents and bring nearly instant death” Roosevelt, Kermit. The Overseas Targets: War Reports of the OSS. The Overseas Targets: War Reports of the OSS. Vol. I. Was.h.i.+ngton, DC: Carrollton Press, 1976, p. 159. Vol. I. Was.h.i.+ngton, DC: Carrollton Press, 1976, p. 159.
Page 163 ”the agents risking their lives in the field developed a disdain for the 'bourbon whiskey colonels' in Was.h.i.+ngton and other OSS posts who thought they could tell them how to do their jobs” Smith, p. 6.
Page 163 ” 'men for the higher echelons of the organization who by background and temperament were unsympathetic with Donovan's own conception of the necessity of unstinting cooperation with the resistance movements' ” Goldberg, Arthur. Review of Sub Rosa: The OSS and American Espionage Sub Rosa: The OSS and American Espionage. The Nation The Nation, March 23, 1946, pp. 349-350.
Page 165 ”a larger discussion about how Donovan and his subordinates were not happy about losing their presence in the territory controlled by Mihailovich” Donovan, William J. Letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. July 4, 1944. Reproduced in Decla.s.sified Doc.u.ments Reference System, Farmington Hills, Michigan: Gale Group, 2006.
Page 166 ” 'Screw the Britis.h.!.+ Let's get our boys out!' ” This exchange is not officially recorded, but the anecdote was pa.s.sed down among OSS veterans and partic.i.p.ants in Operation Halyard. Both George Vujnovich and Arthur Jibilian report hearing of the exchange during or soon after the rescue. It is possible that the comment is apocryphal, but it is entirely consistent with William Donovan's personality and conversational style.
Chapter 11.
Page 169 ” 'You are requested, therefore, to act on this soonest . . .' ” Ford, Kirk, Jr., p. 100.
Page 169 ”managed to rescue ninety downed airmen over a four-month period” O'Donnell, p. 84.
Chapter 12.
Page 183 ”randomly a.s.signed code name Operation Halyard . . .” The Serbians know the mission as Operation Air Bridge. ”Air bridge” was a generic term in the military for connecting distant points through the use of airdrops or frequent flights. The rescue mission is well known in Serbia, much more than in the United States, because the Serbian people are particularly proud of their efforts in aiding American airmen during World War II.
Page 184 ” 'any military or political commitments on behalf of the United States of America . . .' ” Ford, Kirk Jr, p. 101.
Chapter 13.
Page 191 ”sending the first message from the downed airmen” Felman, Richard. ”Mihailovich and I.” Serbian Democratic Forum, October 1972.
Page 192 ”Oliver volunteered to work with some other airmen to develop a code” Oliver, p. 5.
Page 195 ” 'That's Oliver's crew and Buckler's crew!' ” Martin, The Web of Disinformation The Web of Disinformation : : Churchill's Yugoslav Blunder, Churchill's Yugoslav Blunder, p. 235. p. 235.
Page 197 ” 'Take good care that nothing happens to these men.' ” Martin, David. Ally Betrayed: The Uncensored Story of t.i.to and Mihailovich. Ally Betrayed: The Uncensored Story of t.i.to and Mihailovich. New York: Prentice Hall, 1946, p. 292. New York: Prentice Hall, 1946, p. 292.
Chapter 14.
Page 205 ” 'Captain George! Captain George!' they shouted . . .” Felman, Richard. ”Mihailovich and I.” Serbian Democratic Forum, October 1972.
Page 207 ”Mihailovich often would tease the boys in the group by saying he had heard that one of them was a Partisan . . .” Martin, Ally Betrayed: The Uncensored Story of t.i.to and Mihailovich Ally Betrayed: The Uncensored Story of t.i.to and Mihailovich, p. 283.
Page 208 ”In Kraljevo, only thirty miles away, a Luftwaffe Luftwaffe unit was stationed at an airfield . . .” The downed airmen, Chetniks, and OSS men involved in Operation Halyard sometimes disagreed about why the Germans never attacked the airmen in Pranjane. Some thought the Germans were fully aware of the airmen's presence but unwilling to launch an all-out battle with the many thousands of Chetnik fighters. Others thought the efforts at secrecy had been a complete success and the Germans never knew they were there, at least not until the rescue flights were well underway. unit was stationed at an airfield . . .” The downed airmen, Chetniks, and OSS men involved in Operation Halyard sometimes disagreed about why the Germans never attacked the airmen in Pranjane. Some thought the Germans were fully aware of the airmen's presence but unwilling to launch an all-out battle with the many thousands of Chetnik fighters. Others thought the efforts at secrecy had been a complete success and the Germans never knew they were there, at least not until the rescue flights were well underway.
Page 209 ”The minimum distance required for landing a C-47 is seven hundred yards” Casey, H. J. Office of the Chief Engineer, Southwest Pacific Area, United States Army. Engineer Estimating Data Engineer Estimating Data, June 1, 1945, p. 9. The official manuals of the army during World War II state seven hundred yards as the minimum landing distance for a C-47, but that allows no margin of error. It also does not take into account the risk of trees and other obstructions directly beyond the landing strip, as was the case in Pranjane. The original field at Pranjane has been reported in varying lengths between six hundred and seven hundred yards, but whatever the original size, it was extended by the airmen and villagers.
Page 210 ”sixty oxcarts . . .” Ford, Corey, p. 210.
Chapter 15.
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