The 26th anniversary of the tragic death of Major General Blago Zadro and of Major Alfred Hill was marked in Vukovar on 16 October 2017. The commemoration was attended by the Envoy of the President of the Republic Ante Deur, the Minister of Homeland War Veterans Tomo Medved<\/p>\n
the Mayor of Vukovar Ivan Penava, Brigadier General \u017deljko \u017divanovi\u0107 as Envoy of the Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Damir Krsti\u010devi\u0107 and of the Chief of the General Staff of the Croatian Armed General Mirko \u0160undov.<\/p>\n
Numerous delegations laid wreaths at the tombs of the two legendary defenders at the Memorial Cemetery of the Victims of the Homeland War in Vukovar, and the mass was recited in the Church of Gospa Fatimska. A commemorative ceremony was held near the monument of Blago Zadro at Trpinjska cesta and near the site of death.
\nThe President’s Envoy Ante Deur said Croatia still needs the people who are aware of the moment and audacity and courage to support the homeland.<\/p>\n
Brig Gen. \u017deljko \u017divanovi\u0107 said Blago Zadro was the symbol of the defence of Vukovar.
\n“We must continue to serve our country as we did during the Homeland War and guard the memory of our heroes, the sacred duty of defending the country and the truth about its birth and its fundamental values”, said Brig.Gen. \u017divanovi\u0107.<\/p>\n
“Blago Zadro left a lasting example of courage, wisdom and will; he is a figure promoting the values of the Homeland War\u201c, said the Mayor of Vukovar Ivan Penava.<\/p>\n
The legendary commander of the the forces defending Trpinjska cesta \u2013 Major General Blago Zadro (1944 – 1991) was born in Herzegovina, moving to Vukovar (Borovo Naselje) at the age of 10. He worked in the well-known \u201cBorovo\u201c footwear factory. When the towm came under aggression he became the competent and brave commander of Borovo naselje, and managed to halt the advance of JNA’ massive armoured forces (the legendary \u201c graveyard of tanks\u201c at Trpinjska cesta).<\/p>\n
In honour to his contribution to the defence of Vukovar Blago Zadro was posthumously awarded the rank of major general.<\/p>\n
Major Alfred Hill was the first commander of the Military Police Coy and lost life the same day as Maj. Gen. Zadro, defending the positions at Sajmi\u0161te. The third Croatian victim that day – Zvonko Mlinari\u0107, died trying to recover Blago Zadre in Kupska street in Vukovar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The 26th anniversary of the tragic death of Major General Blago Zadro and of Major Alfred Hill was marked in Vukovar on 16 October 2017. The commemoration was attended by the Envoy of the President of the Republic Ante Deur, the Minister of Homeland War Veterans Tomo Medved the Mayor of Vukovar Ivan Penava, Brigadier […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":57638,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n