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Bay of Kotor 809th Marine
The Bay of Kotor 809th Marine is not a naval or coast guard unit but a commemorative organization based in Croatia that seeks to represent the Croatian minority in Montenegro‘s Bay of Kotor. The Croatian minority there are called ‘Bay Croats’, Bokelj Hrvati, from, Boka Kotorska. The organization has its own website. It states that it has 800 members in the Croatian cities of Zagreb, Rijeka, Split, Pula and Dubrovnik. Former President of Croatia Stjepan Mesić can be seen on their home page. Unlike the Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bokelj Hrvati have no right to settle in the Republic of Croatia proper.