Bekim Berisha

Kosovo War In 1998, Berisha shifted his focus to support the ethnic Albanian faction in Kosovo. assigned Berisha and Bedri Shala to the town of Junik. Junik held strategic importance for both the Kosovo Liberation Army and the Yugoslav People's Army, serving as one of the main KLA strongholds during the conflict. Berisha and Shala’s efforts significantly contributed to the defense against a much better-equipped Yugoslav Army.

Ivica Pandža, a retired Colonel of the Croatian Army, who had served with Berisha, started investigating Berisha's legacy in 2007. He tracked down Berisha's lost documents in Komarevo that led to the finding of Berisha's Homeland War Memorial Medal in the archives of the Ministry of Defence. In 2013, Berisha was posthumously awarded the Order of the Croatian Cross.