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Humanitarian Law CenterThe beginning of the war activities found my family in Croatia, in my nativevillage. The village was attacked on 15 July 1991. For safety reasons, allSerb families from the village were moved to Krstanje, near Knin, where wewere lodged in a collective shelter in an elementary school.After a couple of months, my family returned to Ostrovica. In 1992, as itwas a state of war, I went to Banja Luka where I completed the secondarymilitary school. My family remained in Ostrovica. All this time, my fatherwas mobilised as a driver in the Armed Forces of the Republic of SrpskaKrajina.Upon completion of the secondary military school I received a diploma toprove I had completed it and I was sent to the 7th Knin Corps, to the 2ndinfantry brigade, to the position of a company commander. I was a companycommander in two places in the neighbourhood of Knin - Čista Malaand Čista Velika. After that, I was assigned to Benkovac, to the 92nd MotorisedBrigade, to provide instruction for young soldiers. There I remainedabout two months until infantry instruction of the young soldiers was completed.After that, I was stationed in the place called Pruška, in the 107th InstructionCentre Alpha, commanded by Captain Dragan. I was given specialoperations training in this centre. Following that, I took over the commandof a reconnaissance-diversionary platoon of the 92nd Motorised Brigadeof the Army of the Republic of Srpska Krajina, with the forward positionin the place of Biljana Gornja. I remained there for a while and then Ireceived a new war assignment - I was officially assigned to the commandposition of the reconnaissance-diversionary company of the 7th Knin Corps.I was the youngest commander there as I was only some 18 years old at thetime. At the time of becoming a member of such an elite unit I knew, becauseI was told and, in turn, I told the members of my unit, that the rulesof war, ours and the international ones, had to be absolutely respected andI have always been and have remained one to do so. It was strictly forbiddento kill old men, women and children, to treat inhumanly the woundedand the prisoners of war. On my part, I respected all this, and my unit, thatis, every soldier of my unit, had to respect this.I was wounded three times in various military operations, but nothingcould sway my determination to remain an honest soldier. Toward the endof 1994, I was sent to Dinara, on an assignment, and I remained there all262