Reminescences
Summary: Contribution of the Krk diaspora to the Croatian War of Independence (fall - winter 1991/1992) – memoirs
Željko Juranić
Abstract
After the summer of 1991 it was clear that peace was nowhere in sight and that we would have to join in on mass scale the defence of our country. Problems with providing the Krk unit with basic military equipment were turning up already at the very beginning. The day scheduled for the departure of the first group of soldiers from the island was getting closer and they were equipped with uniforms of the Jugoslav People’s Army (JNA), which at that time was the only available thing, but in our oppinion unacceptable. My friends and me were tasked to try to solve the problem. We got in touch with our islanders in New York and other places in the USA. Thanks to the effort of our people in New York we were able to contact a company manufacturing goods for the US Army and buy their products at factory prices. Compared with the prices in Europe, it was five times cheaper. What impressed us the most, is the fact that our people in the USA organized the collection of the necessary money on their own, our job was just to use the catalogue and order the items and quantity needed.
Keywords
Croatian War of Independence; Croatian emigration; New York; USA; Germany; Austria
Hrčak ID:
284654
URI
Publication date:
7.7.2013.
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