Dr. Vilibald A. "Bill" Jenko reminiscence, 1992?

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Dr. Vilibald A. "Bill" Jenko reminiscence, 1992?

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Dr. Vilibald A. "Bill" Jenko is a Slovenian-born doctor in Helena, Montana. Reminiscence describes in detail his youth in Slovenia, his attendence at medical school, life in Slovenia during the German and Italian occupation during World War II, Communist partisans' tactics, his escape from Slovenia at the end of World War II, British betrayal of anti-communist Yugoslavian refugees, life in a displaced persons camp, continuation of his medical studies in Austria, emigration to the United States, marriage to Marja Lekan, internship in Butte and Salt Lake City, and his work for the Veterans Administration hospital in Helena. Reminiscence describes in detail Jenko's youth in Slovenia, his attendence at medical school, life in Slovenia during the German and Italian occupation during World War II, Communist partisans' tactics, his escape from Slovenia at the end of World War II, British betrayal of anti-communist Yugoslavian refugees, life in a displaced persons camp, continuation of his medical studies in Austria, emigration to the United States, marriage to Marja Lekan, internship and residency in Butte and Salt Lake City, and his work for the Veterans Administration hospital in Helena.

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Jenko, Vilibald A.

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Dr. Jenko was born October 27, 1921 to Aloysius and Albina Jenko in Krasnja, Slovenia. He attend high school at Ljubljana and registered for medical school at the University of Ljubljana in 1941. During this time he also witnessed the Italian and later German occupations of Slovenia. In 1943 he joined the Home Guards to protect local citizens from communist partisans. As the communists took over Slovenia in 1945, Jenko became a refugee and ended up in a displaced persons' camp in Austria. He gra...