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Daniel #Chipenda, Mário Pinto de Andrade and another companion on the Eastern Front, in #Angola, 1971. Source: Mário Soares Foundation, Mário Pinto de Andrade Archive, Folder 07223.002.079.
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Travel on the Catió-Bedanda road during “Operação Rolo”, March 1965. Source: Military Historical Archive, Photographs of the Colonial War in Guinea-Bissau. PT/AHM/FE/110/B4/PQ/1
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#Portuguese #Alouette in Guinea-Bissau, 1965
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Patrolling in the “Pedra Verde” area. Source: Military Historical Archive, Photographic archive of the war in #Angola – photographer Manuel da Graça e Costa. PT/AHM/FE/110/B2/MD/12
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Patrol in the bush, 1961. Source: Military Historical Archive, Photographic archive of the war in #Angola
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A Portuguese patrol return fire during the Portuguese Colonial War, circa early 1970’s
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White Portuguese troopie carrying a wounded African comrade in Mozambique, 1970.
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A Portuguese Air Force #F-84 Thunderjet being loaded with ordnance in the 1960s, at #Luanda Air Base.
Portugal was the last user of the trusty Thunderjet, putting it to great use during the long Colonial Wars. Equipped with rockets or bombs, Thunderjets operated with relative impunity alongside the Fiat G.91 until around 1972, when PAIGC and…Read More
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Portuguese mercenaries fight for the Front National de Libération de l’Angola ( #FNLA) during the Angolan War for Independence, 1975
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Francisco Daniel Roxo
Francisco Daniel "Danny" Roxo (1933–1976) was a Portuguese hunter, safari guide, and soldier. Born in Mogadouro, he emigrated to Niassa Province, Portuguese Mozambique during the 1950s, where he established himself as a professional hunter. Roxo later fought in the Mozambican War of Independence against nationalist guerrillas.[2] After Mozambican independence he served as a foreign volunteer in 32 Battalion, a Portuguese-speaking unit of the South African Army.