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Official opening of Tito's wartime cave

(26 May 2006) 1. Josip Broz Tito's cave 2. Memorial house 3. Sign: Tito's cave 4. People walking around the site 5. Photo of Tito 6. People gathered below the cave 7. World War II veterans 8. Medals on veteran's chest 9. SOUNDBITE: (Serbo - Croatian) Ibro Junuzovic, former Tito comrade and partisan soldier from World War II: "I admire this, I admire the people of Drvar to have rebuilt this site. There was a big attack here and we won. I wish to thank the people of Drvar to bring this back again." 10. Pan from Tito's picture to Junuzovic's face 11. Various of Eduard Humka, director of USAID cutting the ribbon in front of the cave 12. Memorial site 13. Sign to Tito's cave 14. Various of cave, people looking through 15. Crowd gathered on site 16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Eduard Humka, Director of USAID: "And we began to work with the tourism association of Drvar, and their highest priority was to do this cave because its potential for helping to build the economy of Drvar, and so it was their idea and our motivation was the continuing rebuilding of the economy here, in particular the refugees who have returned can have a good and economically solid life." 17. Various of war veteran at site 18. Various of traditional folk dance 19. Various of Tito statues and souvenirs STORYLINE: Thousands of people from all over the former Yugoslavia gathered in Bosnian town of Drvar to attend official opening of famous cave of Yugoslav partisan commander from World War II - Josip Broz Tito, on Thursday, the day of his birthday anniversary. Drvar, 300 kilometres (186 miles) from Sarajevo is famous for a partisan victory over an elite unit of German paratroopers. Tito and his brave partisans hid out in a cave. German surveillance recorded no sign of resistance and when the paratroopers landed they were met by the partisans and defeated. Drvar was successfully defended and this battle became the highlight of the partisan recruitment scheme which asserted that the Germans could be defeated by heart and wit. Today, Tito's Cave is the only tourist attraction in the sleepy town of Drvar. The American humanitarian organisation USAID has donated money to rebuild and reopen the famous cave after decades of being left to rot. People of the former Yugoslav republic gathered on Thursday to witness the opening of the historical cave which brought back the memories of a united country that was run by communist leader Josip Broz Tito. Former world war two veterans and fans of Tito attended the opening, some wearing pictures of Tito, and celebrated the anniversary of his birth with the performance of traditional folk songs from Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia. Many former Yugoslavs consider Tito as the greatest leader of his time, and can not forget the peace and prosperity while he was in power from 1945 until 1980 when he died. Analysts consider death of Tito as a start of a break up of former Yugoslavia that eventually led into bloody Balkan wars during the 1990s, which left more than 200,000 people dead in the region. keyword-WWII Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...