Decorated with 50th Anniversary of the Revolutionary Armed Forces Medal

By Francisco Martinez Chao

Havana Province, Cuba. – December 2 is the foundation day of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of the Socialist Republic of Cuba. On such occasion, half a hundred veteran combatants of this municipality received the Medal for its 50th Anniversary.

The Martyrs Park of Jaruco Count City was an ideal scenario to deliver the high decoration, while the municipal concert band played the national anthem and other patriotic marches.

Some recipients of the decoration participated in the struggle against Fulgencio Batista’s tyranny. Others collaborated with the “July 26” underground movement or participated in the internationalist campaigns of Angola and Ethiopia.

The occasion was propitious to lay a flower wreath before the tally that perpetuates the memory of Noelio Capote and David Royo, members of the 82 men expedition that accompanied Fidel Castro in Granma Yacht, 53 years ago. Both were murdered right after the landing by soldiers of Batista’s dictatorship.

Translated by:Pedro A. Fanego

( 03.12.2009 4:54 PM )