Cangamba, Angola

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Saturday, 06 Aug 1983
Cuban soldier Emilio Jardín López is KIA at Cangamba. Operation Karton

Sunday, 07 Aug 1983
Cangamba, at nightfall on 7 August 1983, there was a heavy firefight in front of Sector No. 1 as UNITA advanced from the houses, shouting, and the defenders were forced to retreat. The artillery fire destroyed the last remaining BRDM. In Sector No. 3, Cuban Lieutenant Juan Miguel Benítez Fernández (age 36) was killed in the fighting. Operation Karton

Cangamba

Previously known as : Vila de Aljustrel

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