Costa Giorgigo person
also: Daniel Gerhardt, Garu, Gorillo
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Costa Giorgigo headed
FNLA host_asserted
“Calamity befall the FNLA mercenaries, generally an undisciplined lot. They arrived in buses, ragtag clothing, and old weapons. As Dave Tompkins said, there were no maps. The mercenaries were led by a self-styled colonel who was an enlisted …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 39 (41) @ 9:16
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▶ 49:18
The demise of the mercenaries came when a big patrol was captured by the Angolans. This group included Giorgio and three Americans. In the capital, the Angolan MPLA government tried the mercenaries. The self-styled colonel, American Daniel …
▶ 9:16
Calamity befall the FNLA mercenaries, generally an undisciplined lot. They arrived in buses, ragtag clothing, and old weapons. As Dave Tompkins said, there were no maps. The mercenaries were led by a self-styled colonel who was an enlisted …
▶ 10:15
millions of dollars of weapons to him. Well, not directly to them, to Zaire Mubatu and via South Africa. They never had a battle. He never saw a Cuban. Diakou cut a swath of murder and rampage across Zaire and Angola, culminating in the exe…
▶ 11:51
or not. The mercenaries' demise came when the MPLA decided to advance and Garu tried to ambush them. Many were captured, including the leader being wounded and three Americans. In Luanda, the Angola government put them on trial. The self-st…
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and two others were condemned to death. Nine men received long prison sentences. With 16-year terms for Americans, Gustavo Grillo, a Marine Corps veteran of the Battle of Hue, and Gary Actor, who was also a Vietnam veteran. The State Depart…