I had Bosnians, Serbs, Macedonians and Albanians in my platoon in the National Guard and they got along fine. The Bosnian was one of the best troops I ever served with. All are extremely successful in their civilian life also. If you were foreign born I made sure I got you. Zero problems.
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If heaven ain’t a lot like Dee-troit, I don’t want to go.
Last I checked, my hometown (Waterloo, Iowa) had the highest % of Bosnians of any city in the US. They have a good reputation. It's not that Waterloo is without problems from minority ethnic groups. But the troublemakers are not Bosnian.
When I was teaching at Iowa State and Bosnia was a hotspot, the college newspaper sent a reporter to interview the owner of the Serbian bakery in campustown. She didn't get much beyond introducing herself. The owner picked up on her name, asked her if she was Croat. She said her grandparents came from there. He told her that he didn't want to talk to her.
Last edited by L. Brown; 01/07/22 03:54 PM.
