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George Vujnovich dies at 96; leader of daring World War II rescue

In 1944, as head of the Office of Strategic Services in Bari, Italy, George Vujnovich guided a team of agents who worked with Yugoslav guerrilla leader Draza Mihailovich to airlift more than 500 airmen from a makeshift runway carved on a mountaintop in Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia.

By Torsten Ove, McClatchy Newspapers

May 1, 2012

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