{"id":8282,"date":"2014-04-28T15:04:51","date_gmt":"2014-04-28T13:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.morh.hr\/81st-guards-battalion-marks-20th-anniversary2804\/"},"modified":"2017-10-08T18:34:44","modified_gmt":"2017-10-08T16:34:44","slug":"81st-guards-battalion-marks-20th-anniversary2804","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.morh.hr\/en\/81st-guards-battalion-marks-20th-anniversary2804\/","title":{"rendered":"81st Guards Battalion marks 20th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Order was presented by the Defence Minister Ante Kotromanovi\u0107, who expressed gratitude to the members of the Battalion for their contribution to Croatia&#8217;s freedom and their valour and resoluteness demonstrated during the Homeland War. 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