E\u0106REM EKREM RI\u0110ANOVI\u0106, son of AHMED, born on July 21, 1923, in Mostar, a high school student. Member of the League of Communist Youth (SKOJ) since 1941, in the National Liberation War (NOB) since 1941, fighter of the 3rd Battalion of the Support Unit, machine gunner. Killed during the Battle of Sutjeska in June 1943.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ekrem’s name was recorded on a memorial plaque<\/a> at Mostar Gymnasium after the war. The plaque disappeared without a trace during the war events of 1992-1995.<\/p>\n\n\n\n EXCERPT FROM LITERATURE – a brief reflection of comrades on the Support Company:<\/p>\n\n\n\n “The Support Company played a significant role in inflicting heavy losses on the Chetniks. With our 4 heavy machine guns, Breda and Fiat, we brought death upon their battle formations, not only at close range but also at longer distances when it was futile to fight the enemy with submachine guns and rifles. The Fiat and Breda machine guns were truly excellent weapons for which we had ample ammunition. Our gunners Alija and Hilmija \u0106i\u0161i\u0107, Ekrem Ri\u0111anovi\u0107, and Omer Sadikovi\u0107, taking turns with the company’s leaders, among whom Omer Mrgan was a true master, competed to inflict greater losses on the enemy. Ljubo Miljanovi\u0107, the commander of the Support Company, was filled with joy and encouraged his machine gunners, showing them which groups to target (\u2026)”<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" E\u0106REM EKREM RI\u0110ANOVI\u0106, son of AHMED, born on July 21, 1923, in Mostar, a high school student. Member of the League of Communist Youth (SKOJ) since 1941, in the National Liberation War (NOB) since 1941, fighter of the 3rd Battalion of the Support Unit, machine gunner. Killed during the Battle of Sutjeska in June 1943. 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Until the formation of the 13th Herzegovina Brigade in May 1944, 827 fighters passed through the Battalion, and 445 of them perished, including 211 from Mostar. Of the 86 women, 43 were killed. Mostar residents also fought in many other units of the NOVJ (People's Liberation Army of Yugoslavia) and among the ranks of the activists of the National Liberation War in Mostar and other cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina... According to the records of the organization SUBNOR Mostar, every third citizen was an activist of the National Liberation War, 670 fighters were killed, 1517 were victims of fascist terror, and 206 were civilian war victims. D\u017eemil \u0160arac, article \"Sa Mostarcima\" (\"With the People from Mostar\"), Hercegovina No. 9, p. 221.\r\n\r\n\"And we were all young. Those of us who were 17, 18 years old, some seemed old even though they were not older than 25. The ones over 30 were rare. There were girls and boys with different characteristics and temperaments, robust and calm, talkative and silent, recklessly brave and rational, ordinary and above-average, semi-literate and university-educated, workers and highly skilled craftsmen, high school students and university students, skilled singers and those who couldn't carry a tune, jokers and serious-minded individuals. From all our nations and religions: Muslims, Croats, Serbs, Jews, Orthodox Christians, Catholics, Muslims, Jews, atheists, and semi-atheists. Some were from straight from Mostar and others from the surrounding locations, from Konjic and outside Konjic.\" (Hercegovina Magazine No. 7, p. 238)\r\n\r\nGroups of new fighters arrived from Mostar every 10-15 days, and the Unit quickly grew into a solid military force. 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