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 McKinley honors Serbian contributions in two world wars By Army Staff Sgt. Jim Greenhill, National Guard Bureau
 MOUNT AVALA, Serbia, - Honoring Serbian  contributions in two world
wars, Air Force Gen. Craig McKinley, the chief of the  National Guard Bureau,
placed a wreath at the Monument to the Unknown Hero here  today. "It was especially poignant today, on the  anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001,
when our nation was attacked, that I symbolically thanked  the Serbian
military for their support to the United States in World  War I and World War
II," McKinley said. McKinley is visiting Serbia with a delegation of Ohio  National Guard members
and observing National Guard State Partnership Program  activities. Serbia is
Ohio's SPP partner. "This is something which is very important to  us," said Dragan Sutanovac,
the Serbian Minister of Defense. "This is a message  to the [Serbian]
military. We appreciate it very much. This is something  which, symbolically,
means a lot." Sutanovac was the first Serbian defense minister to visit  the Tomb of the
Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia in  February. Though estimates vary, Serbian casualties in World War I  may have been as
high as 1.2 million, the majority of whom were civilians.  The war decimated
the country, killing more than 25 percent of its people  and more than half
its males, said Serbian and other sources. At least one million more Serbians may have died during  World War II, said
Serbian and other sources. Serbians helped save the lives of 500 downed U.S. pilots  during World War
II. Serbian villagers sheltered aircrews who were later  rescued in Operation
Halyard with Serbian help. Interviewed on the anniversary of 9/11, Sutanovac said  the United States and
Serbia share a common enemy: Terrorists. "Today is one of the most difficult days in U.S.  history," he said. "Not
just the history of the U.S.: The history of all humans  worldwide. The day
when some terrorists - . lunatics - did what they did to  the innocent people
was a signal to all of us to . see how we can prevent  this." Three years after the 9/11 attacks, more than 300 people  died - many of them
children - in a terrorist hostage taking at a school in  Beslan, Russia,
Sutanovac recalled. "So we have a common enemy," he said. "The  terrorists are enemies of all of
the world."
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