Military Figure. Dragoljub "Draza" Mihailović gained recognition as a Yugoslavian Army general. During World War II, he was the first to organize and lead resistance forces, the royalist Chetniks, against the Nazi Forces, which occupied Yugoslavia from December of 1941 to December of 1944. Besides fighting the Nazi Forces, the Chetniks fought a Civil War against the Yugoslav communist guerrillas, the Partisans and their leader "Tito" . His image graced the cover of the May 25, 1942 edition of "Time" magazine in the United States. Later, critics claim that he did a 180-volte-face collaborating with the Nazis. For various reasons including alleged war crimes, the Allied Forces switched their support from Mihailović to Tito in 1944. Even though many of the Chetniks traveled north to surrender to Allied Forces, he and a few stayed to continue the struggle against the Partisans. After being captured, he was brought to trial, convicted of high treason and war crimes, and executed by a firing squad along with eight other colleagues. Reportedly, his body was dismembered, thrown into a pit, and acid poured on top. Although the actual location of his remains is unknown, there has been an organized forensic search being done, starting in 2012 at the burials at Ada Ciganlija. At the time of his death, many of his followers had abandoned him, yet others view him as a national hero and martyr for the cause of freedom. Long after his death in the 1990s, the Chetnik movement underwent a revival. The name, insignia, and trademark beards were adopted by some Serbian paramilitaries as they fought to create a Greater Serbia. In 2010, with evidence, Mihailović 's grandson petitioned the courts for his legal rehabilitation. In May 2015, the Supreme Court in Belgrade announced that General Dragoljub "Draža" Mihailović, a controversial wartime minister and commander of the anti-communist Chetniks, was officially rehabilitated. Through the undaunted effort of his Chetniks troops during World War II, 524 airmen and parachutists, mainly American and British, but also French and even Russian, were rescued in 1944 after their aircrafts had been downed in Yugoslavia, and avoiding Nazi capture, were returned safely to Allied Forces. For this action, in 1948 posthumously, Mihailović was awarded the "Legion of Merit" award by United States President Harry S. Truman. In 1943 French General Charles de Gaulle awarded Mihailovic with the War Cross; neither medal have been retracted.