VISITS-CELEBRATIONS-Zanimljivosti BRITISH WW2 VETERANS VISIT CROATIAN ISLAND VIS VIS, May 16 (Hina) - A group of British World War Two veterans on Friday and Saturday visited the Croatian island of Vis, the Vis Town Council reported
on Sunday. Headed by military attach? Simon Cleveland and the vice consul at Great Britain's Consulate in Split, Captain Aleksi Mejkavic, the veterans held talks with Vis town officials on the upcoming celebration of the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the British WW2 Veterans Association, to be held on Vis island in September. According to plan, the celebration will be held under the patronage of the British Defence Ministry. Vis town authorities pointed out the British took the obligation to reconstruct by late August at the latest a memorial cemetery and a monument to English soldiers killed near Vis in the final operations of WW2. The September celebration should, according to the authorities, contribute to better cooperation betwee
VIS, May 16 (Hina) - A group of British World War Two veterans on
Friday and Saturday visited the Croatian island of Vis, the Vis Town
Council reported on Sunday.
Headed by military attach? Simon Cleveland and the vice consul at
Great Britain's Consulate in Split, Captain Aleksi Mejkavic, the
veterans held talks with Vis town officials on the upcoming
celebration of the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the
British WW2 Veterans Association, to be held on Vis island in
September.
According to plan, the celebration will be held under the patronage
of the British Defence Ministry.
Vis town authorities pointed out the British took the obligation to
reconstruct by late August at the latest a memorial cemetery and a
monument to English soldiers killed near Vis in the final
operations of WW2.
The September celebration should, according to the authorities,
contribute to better cooperation between the residents of Vis and
Britain's war veterans, especially in tourism.
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