President Milanović in Okučani: Croatian heroes liberated this part of Croatia with determination, knowledge, patience and courage
The President of the Republic and Commander in Chief of the Croatian Armed Forces Zoran Milanović participated in the 26th anniversary ceremony of the Military and Police Operation “Flash” in the town of Okučani. The President laid a wreath and lit a candle at the ‘Kristalna kocka vedrine’ memorial at Dr. Franjo Tuđman Square.
“On this day, many years ago, Croatian heroes liberated this part of Croatia with their determination, knowledge, patience and courage, and after Operation Maslenica in 1993 they paved the way for Croatia to finally connect and liberate its territory a few months later, in August 1995. It was a group of a few good and a few brave men numbering in the hundreds, perhaps thousands. While we others were in Zagreb, Geneva, in administrative services, a small number of men fought here and on other Croatian battlefields. Eternal gratitude and glory to the Croatian heroes,” President Milanović said after laying a wreath.
The delegation of the President of the Republic and Commander in Chief of the Croatian Armed Forces Zoran Milanović at the wreath-laying was composed of the following individuals: Chief of the General Staff of the Croatian Armed Forces Admiral Robert Hranj; Adviser to the President of the Republic for Defense and National Security Dr. Dragan Lozančić; Special Adviser to the President of the Republic for Homeland War Veterans Marijan Mareković; Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Croatian Armed Forces Lieutenant General Siniša Jurković; Commander of the Croatian Army Lieutenant General Boris Šerić; Commander of the Armoured Mechanized Guards Brigade Brigadier General Mijo Validžić; Commander of the Training and Doctrine Command Brigadier General Željko Ljubas; Military and Police Operation “Flash” Wartime Commander Retired Lieutenant General Mladen Kruljac; Military and Police Operation “Flash” Wartime Commander and Vice-President of the VeDRA Association Retired Major General Luka Džanko; Retired Colonel Miodrag Demo; Assistant Commander of the ALFA unit Boris Biličić; Retired Colonel Ivan Rašić; President of the TIGAR 90/91 Rakitje Association Retired Staff Brigadier Petar Bajan; President of the VeDRA Association Ranko Britvić; Secretary of the VeDRA Association Zoran Radman; Homeland War military surgeon Retired Major Zdravko Roje; member of the Central Committee of the VeDRA Association Feđa Klarić.
PHOTO: Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia / Marko Beljan