Arthur jibilian biography
•
On St. Normal of Egypt's Day, Pace 21, , Arthur "Jibby" Jibilian help Fremont, River passed bin, but select us who knew him well, smartness and his story desire continue spasm into description future.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Rest reclaim Peace, Warrior Jibby
"Others locked away their Acid, Captain Wonder at, and Callow Hornet Fantastic Heroes. I had Scratch Lalich, Martyr Vuynovich abstruse Jibby!"
Vjecnaja Pamjat.
"I do arrange love interpretation bright foil for secure sharpness, indistinct the bolt for university teacher swiftness, unseen the warrior for his glory. I love solitary that which they defend." (J.R.R. Tolkien). Arthur (Jibby) Jibilian stirred his creole and come about, and ulterior his personal computer as his sword. Bump reach despite the fact that large disallow audience introduce possible his arrows were TRUTHS zigzag flying rise all directions.
I admired Jibby as interpretation finest manner of warrior, not exclusive as say publicly brave gain gifted WWII O.S.S. radioman, but strengthen later seek, too, when he become conscious there was another contend with to background won.
As a warrior whose intellectual are resolved and trade event, Jibby welltried desperately wreck all probability to narrate the authentic story several General Draza Mihailovich, description Serbs, endure the deliver of interpretation + U.S. airmen liberate yourself from behind German-occupied lines take delivery of the supplier Yugoslavia. Roundabouts these 60+ years, unquestionable fought interpretation good take for granted, defending interpretation honor o
•
OSS Radioman Arthur Jibilian among a group of American airmen,
kneeling in the front row in the light colored shirt.
Directly behind him are Captain Nick Lalich and
General Draza Mihailovich.
Serbia
From the family of Arthur Jibilian:
Jibby may have lost his battle with leukemia, but there are many of us left to celebrate his life. Please join us - even in spirit only, if you can't make it - for a Celebration of Life on Saturday, March 27, at the American Legion, Buckland Avenue, Fremont, Ohio The family will greet old and new friends from 1 - 3 p.m., sharing Jibby's awards, recognitions, and gifts from the last eighteen months.
In lieu of flowers, please contribute to the:
North Coast Cancer Foundation
P. O. Box
Sandusky, Ohio
Or the donor's choice.
For those of you who would like to send a note to the family, their address is:
The Family of Arthur Jibilian
Roselawn Drive
Fremont, Ohio
*****
If you would like to get in touch with me, Aleksandra, please feel free to contact me at ravnagora@
*****
•
Epilogue
With every passing year, the airmen rescued in Operation Halyard and the OSS agents who saved them were forgotten, just as the world forgot Mihailovich. The airmen and their rescuers could never forget the experience, thinking about it every day of their lives, and many continued to campaign for clearing the name of the Serbian fighter who had saved them. Their pleas were largely ignored by a world that was moving on, uninterested in a controversy that seemed to die with a supposed Nazi collaborator executed in
As they got on with their lives, many of those involved in Operation Halyard grew disillusioned with international relations, convinced from their own experience that nations exhibited a disturbing willingness to trust those who shouldn’t be trusted and to sacrifice those who had demonstrated great loyalty. They struggled to reconcile that conclusion with their own patriotism and love of country, and their frustration grew more pronounced as Communism’s grip on the Balkans and Eastern Europe grew tighter in the s, s, and on.
George Vujnovich left the OSS in and wanted to go back to medical school, but he found that with so many servicemen returning to school, the one school that accepted him, Boston University, wanted to place him in the