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 US soldiers take positions on rooftops and fire at snipers during heavy gunfire in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. Casualties were reported on both sides. At the United Nations the US charged that rebel forces staged the fighting to provoke the UN into support of rebel leader Colonel Francisco Caamano Deno.
UPI Telephoto
[Austin American-Statesman, Austin, TZ, 17 Jun 1965, Thu, Page 29]
Note: it is not known whether the men in the photo
are 508th personnel but the scene is indicative of the
conditions they faced. |
