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James Mason | all galleries >> Galleries >> mostar > On the bridge
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Jun '92 James Mason

On the bridge

The Old Bridge, Mostar

I met this group in June of '92....if I remember right. Notice the guy holding the hunting rifle, back row right-hand side. He'd taken the rifle that morning from a Serb they'd killed at Bijelo Polje. It was a very nice Winchester Model 70, and it had a brass presentation plate from a sportsman's club in Butte, Montana. The name of the gun shop was also on the plate. The date was 1956.


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Guest 13-Aug-2009 01:33
Thanks for the info on the rifle as well as the image, I'll contact some people I know who were from Bielo Polje to tell them I found their stolen rifle and killers of their grandfather
James Mason30-Sep-2007 20:05
It's a mixed bunch. I can't tell who is which. Back then they were fighting together against the Chetniks. The "sukob," the conflict between the Croats and the Muslims, was still 10 months away.
Alex 30-Sep-2007 12:13
Are these dudes/dudettes Bosnian or Croats?
Marti 24-Apr-2007 06:04
These guys look more like a rock band from the 80's, heavy metal. I was just in Mostar in March 2007 and it's interesting to see these photos of the bridge before the mortars, and now having seen it since it was rebulit. But I sense the people are just being polite in Mostar and the mistrust is very entrenched in their souls.