One Mission to Ploesti: A World War II Adventure of an Airman's Escape and Rescue
We are very glad to present this book written by one of the airmen, Robert P. Moore rescued during Halyard mission. It was published in...
January 24. 1944.
On this day, two B-17 Flying fortresses crashed in Serbia, while coming back from a mission to Sofia, Bulgaria. Those were the first...
Heroes of Halyard mission - George Vujnovich
George Mane Vujnovich (May 31, 1915 – April 24, 2012) was an American intelligence officer in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS)...
Ploesti bombing campaign
Ploesti oil fields in Romania were main source of oil for Nazi Germany. Therefore they were considered key target for Allied bombers....
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...
Happy New year!
Members of Halyard mission (Arthur Jibilian, on the left, and Nick Lalich, on the right), visit rescued airmen King and Orsini in...
Last evacuation of Halyard mission
On this day, 75 years ago, last evacuation of Halyard mission took place from airstrip near Boljanić village in northern Bosnia. With...
On this day 75 years ago...
... Halyard mission was situated in Boljanić, Bosnia. After journey to south and failed attempt to make airstrip in Nišići near Sarajevo,...
OSS Congressional Gold Medal
On this date in 2016, President Obama signed the OSS Congressional Gold Medal Act into law. On the medal's reverse side, among other...
Complete list of rescued Airmen during Halyard mission
After years of searching through archival resources, we proudly present a complete list of rescued airmen during Halyard Mission. Our...
