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Commandos L Meeting with Radio

Date: 1963
Description: Meeting of the anti-Castro group Commandos L. Men are sitting and standing around a kitchen table with a radio receiver and transmitter. Tony Cuesta is sit...
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Commandos L Meeting with Radio

Date: 1963
Description: Meeting of the anti-Castro group Commandos L with radio transmitter and receiver. Four men are sitting around a kitchen table with a radio transmitter and ...
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Commandos L Armory

Date: 1963
Description: Members of the anti-Castro group Commandos L in a garage functioning as an improvised armory. Group members gather around a stack of crates and are watchin...
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Commandos L Marksmanship Class

Date: 1963
Description: Members of the anti-Castro group Commandos L practicing rifle marksmanship in the Everglades. A man with a rifle is crouching on the ground next to boxes o...
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Commandos L Radio Testing

Date: 1963
Description: A member of the anti-Castro group Commandos L sitting on a bed testing a new radio transmitter-receiver.
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Commandos L Radio Testing

Date: 1963
Description: Member of the anti-Castro group Commandos L sitting on a bed testing a new radio transmitter-receiver.
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Commandos L Radio Installation

Date: 1963
Description: Members of the anti-Castro group Commandos L installing a radio transmitter on a roof. Two men are crouching working with a wire on the flat roof. A row of...
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Commandos L Radio Installation

Date: 1963
Description: Members of the anti-Castro group Commandos L installing a radio transmitter on a roof. Two men crouching working with a wire on the flat roof. A row of pal...
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Soldiers Resting by Cliff, Cuban Revolution

Date: 1958
Description: 26th of July Movement soldiers resting by a cliff in Oriente Province during the Cuban Revolution. Vilma Espin in center.
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Raúl Castro, Vilma Espin and Others by Cliff, Cuban Revolution

Date: 1958
Description: 26th of July Movement soldiers, including Raúl Castro and Vilma Espin, resting by a rocky cliff-side in Oriente Province during the Cuban Revolution.
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26th of July Movement Members Resting by Tree

Date: 1958
Description: 26th of July Movement rest by a tree in Oriente Province during the Cuban Revolution. Fidel Castro is holding an espresso cup in the foreground, and Celia ...
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Commandos L with Green Explosive Devices

Date: 1963
Description: Members of the anti-Castro group Commandos L talking in their arms factory/barrack. There are spray-painted homemade explosive devices on the table and a p...
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Commandos L Making Explosives

Date: 1963
Description: Member of the anti-Castro group Commandos L manufacturing explosives in a kitchen. The man is pouring a liquid from a small pot into a bundle of metal tube...
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Commandos L Filling Explosive with Metal

Date: 1963
Description: Overhead view of a member of the anti-Castro group Commandos L manufacturing explosive devices. The man is placing metal scrap such as rusty bolts and wash...
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Commandos L Filling Explosive with Metal

Date: 1963
Description: Front view of a member of the anti-Castro group Commandos L manufacturing explosive devices. The man is placing metal scrap such as rusty bolts and washers...
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Commandos L Covering Explosive Devices

Date: 1963
Description: Member of the anti-Castro group, Commandos L, putting covers over newly manufactured explosive devices.
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Commandos L Taping Explosive Device Closed

Date: 1963
Description: Two members of the anti-Castro group Commandos L working together to tape a homemade explosive device closed.
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Commandos L Packing Explosives

Date: 1963
Description: Member of the anti-Castro group Commandos L packing explosives into a large can. A box containing the loose explosive pucks is in the foreground.
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Commandos L Cooking Explosives

Date: 1963
Description: Member of the anti-Castro group Commandos L cooks ingredients for homemade explosive devices on a stove.
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Explosive Testing in Everglades

Date: 1963
Description: Member of the anti-Castro group Commandos L setting up to test an incendiary device in the Everglades. A man stands above a brown package in a gravel clear...

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