Simo Kecojević
Simo Kecojević ( sr-cyr, Симо Кецојевић; 1888–1953) was a Serbian freedom fighter, having participated in the irregular guerrilla forces in the Kosovo Vilayet between 1910 and 1912, then as regular soldier in the Balkan Wars, World War I and World War II. Life Early life Simo Kecojević and his twin brother Sćepan were born in Boričje, Piva, Montenegro, Piva, Principality of Montenegro (in today's Plužine, Montenegro), in 1888, the sons of Milovan Kecojević and Cvijeta (née Živković). The family moved to the Kingdom of Serbia in 1895. Balkan Wars and World War I (1910-18) Kecojević was actively involved in all wars that Serbia (and later Yugoslavia) waged from 1910 to 1945. Between 1910 and 1912, he and his twin brother Sćepan participated in the irregular guerrilla forces in the Kosovo Vilayet which sought to join the region with Serbia. Simo, under the ''nom de guerre'' Simče Kecalov, was appointed the ''vojvoda'' (commander, "duke") of Prizren (t ...
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