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Veljko Dragićević (Pogpeć, near Podgorica, Montenegro, 1911 — Drvar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, 25 May 1944), a non-commissioned officer of the Yugoslav Army, was a participant in the fight against Nazism, radio operator, and head of the Communications Department of the Supreme Headquarters of the NOV and POJ.
Biography
[edit]He was born in 1911 in the hamlet of Pogpeć, near Podgorica.[1] He comes from the Piperi tribe.
Veljko Dragićević was an air sergeant of the Yugoslav Army. After the April War in 1941, together with other members of the Yugoslav Royal Air Force, he found himself in Cairo. As a radio operator, he was attached to the first Allied British-Yugoslav military mission, which was sent to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in September 1941 in accordance with King [[Peter II of Yugoslavia|Peter II]. The mission was headed by British Captain Bill Hudson, and included air force majors Zaharije Ostojić and Mirko Lalatovic.[2]
By the British submarine "Triumph", 20. September 1941 they reached the Adriatic Sea coast in Perazića Dol, near Petrovac. They were then taken by Montenegrin partisans and taken to the Main Headquarters of the NOP Detachment of Montenegro. Accompanied by Milovan Đilas, Mitra Bakić and Arso Jovanović, on October 13 they set out from Montenegro towards Užice. Around 22 October, they arrived in the liberated Užice, where Hudson met with the Supreme Commander of the NOP detachment of Yugoslavia Josip Broz Tito, while Majors Ostojić and Lalatović immediately continued to Ravna Gora, to the Headquarters of Draža Mihailović[2].
A few days later, on October 25, Major Ostojić returned to Užice to pick up Hudson and Dragićević, but Dragićević refused to go to the Headquarters of Dražo Mihailović and decided to stay with the Partisans. At that time, he was involved in the work of the first Partisan radio station, which was initially run by Sadek Kostovski, known as Čeda Makedonac. As an experienced radio telegrapher, he was entrusted with the duty of head of the radio station of the Supreme Headquarters of the NOPOJ. Working with Veljko were Pavle and Branka Savić, who were codebreakers.[3][4]
During the war, Veljko was admitted to the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (KPJ), and when May 1943 officer ranks in the NOV and POJ were introduced, Veljko Dragićević was promoted to the rank of major.[4]
He was killed 25. May 1944 during the German airborne Drvar Landing.[3][4]
His wife Zora (1917—1944), a native of Irig, was also a participant in the People's Liberation War from [[1942]. She also worked in the Supreme Staff, as a cook for the Supreme Commander of the NOV and POJ, Marshal Josip Broz Tito. She died together with her husband during the Drvar landing[3][5][4].
References
[edit]- ^ Memorial to Montenegrin anti-fascists 2000, p. 379.
- ^ a b Ćirković 2009, p. 495.
- ^ a b c Mladenović 2006, p. 49.
- ^ a b c d Kučan 1996, p. 41.
- ^ Spomenica to Montenegrin anti-fascists 2000, p. 379.