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Word: koprivnik (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1946-1946
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...National Airport, a picked escort of 50 white-gloved soldiers snapped to attention. Down a long steel ramp came the flag-draped coffins of five U.S. airmen, past an honor guard at present arms. Five hearses were waiting. From a common burial ground in the mountain village of Koprivnik, the U.S. flyers shot down over Tito's Yugoslavia (TIME, Sept. 2) had come back to the U.S. They were taken to a chapel at Arlington Cemetery to await final funeral services later this month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Dangerous Precedent | 9/23/1946 | See Source »

Whatever the weather, four (probably five) Americans* were killed in the crash. On the trees around the wreck hung blobs of flesh. Last week the flyers' shattered bodies lay in a common grave in the mountain village of Koprivnik...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Ultimatum | 9/2/1946 | See Source »

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