You know every time I read or hear something about the coward and murderer Che Guevara in the news, internet etc I keep hearing the same (BS) thing, the Bolivians killed him. That might and might not be true. What we do know is the Army Green Beret's were sent to Bolivia to assist in the capture/ killing of Che Guevara. And soon after their arrival Che was killed. And what I also heard was when Che Guevara was captured he cried like a bitch and begged for his life...... that's how cowards die.
Well done and hats off to the 8th Special Forces Group on a mission well done.
How did Che Guevara die?
How Che Guevara was killed
Killing Che Guevara
From the NYT's article:
"According to these accounts, a team of 10 to 12 Green Berets from the Eighth Special Forces Group based in Panama was sent to Bolivia in late 1967 as part of a C.I.A.-sponsored plan to train Bolivian forces in counterinsurgency techniques and to help the Bolivians stalk Guevara. In a camp located at the outskirts of La Paz, the Americans worked with 100 to 150 Bolivian special-forces troops. During the training program, Bolivian intelligence agents reported that Guevara was in the mountains east of La Paz. The Green Berets, according to a participant, conducted their own intelligence check and confirmed Guevara's presence.
The next step was to formulate a plan to capture him. The bulk of this preparation was handled by the Americans, and over the course of several weeks a small team of Bolivians was specially selected and trained for the operation. In the end, the action was relatively straightforward, with the Bolivians and their American advisers tracking down Guevara in a remote mountain village where he was training guerrillas. ''He was caught and executed on the spot,'' said a former Green Beret who was there. ''The Bolivians pulled the trigger. They needed to get the credit.'' Guevara's body was brought back to the camp, where it was identified by two American intelligence agents who had flown in from Panama. "
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You know every time I read or hear something about the coward and murderer Che Guevara in the news, internet etc I keep hearing the same (BS) thing, the Bolivians killed him. That might and might not be true. What we do know is the Army Green Beret's were sent to Bolivia to assist in the capture/ killing of Che Guevara. And soon after their arrival Che was killed. And what I also heard was when Che Guevara was captured he cried like a bitch and begged for his life...... that's how cowards die.
Well done and hats off to the 8th Special Forces Group on a mission well done.
How did Che Guevara die?
How Che Guevara was killed
Killing Che Guevara
From the NYT's article:
"According to these accounts, a team of 10 to 12 Green Berets from the Eighth Special Forces Group based in Panama was sent to Bolivia in late 1967 as part of a C.I.A.-sponsored plan to train Bolivian forces in counterinsurgency techniques and to help the Bolivians stalk Guevara. In a camp located at the outskirts of La Paz, the Americans worked with 100 to 150 Bolivian special-forces troops. During the training program, Bolivian intelligence agents reported that Guevara was in the mountains east of La Paz. The Green Berets, according to a participant, conducted their own intelligence check and confirmed Guevara's presence.
The next step was to formulate a plan to capture him. The bulk of this preparation was handled by the Americans, and over the course of several weeks a small team of Bolivians was specially selected and trained for the operation. In the end, the action was relatively straightforward, with the Bolivians and their American advisers tracking down Guevara in a remote mountain village where he was training guerrillas. ''He was caught and executed on the spot,'' said a former Green Beret who was there. ''The Bolivians pulled the trigger. They needed to get the credit.'' Guevara's body was brought back to the camp, where it was identified by two American intelligence agents who had flown in from Panama. "
The team from they 8th SFG did what SF does .... Get the job done. I had the pleasure on one of my many trips to Bolivia to go to the small village where he was killed and where the SF team trained up the unit that conducted the operation.
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While I wasn't on that MTT (It was before my time with 8th Group), I'm pretty sure there were 13 QPs (counting Shelton) on Pappy Shelton's team. The reason I say that is from what I've learned there were 2 XO's on that mission (two captains) doing different support tasks. One of them, then Captain Leroy Mitchell, was my Company commander when I was assigned to 8th Special Forces. Illustrative of how 'quiet' QPs are he never talked about that MTT while I was in the unit and only after I left Panama did I learn of his involvement.
He was an excellent commander and I enjoyed working for him. I see pictures of that scumbag Che still plastered all over Havana and I smile about how he met his end. Definitely no loss there.
Last I heard about four years ago was the Mitchell (retired as a Major in the late 70's) was living in the Tampa area and still pursuing a follow-on career as a stage actor ....
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I'm not lost! I know where I am; I just don't know where everybody else is.
I don't know what I don't know, but how do we know we didn't try? Had an instructor in Phase 1 in '69 that was a mean SOB ( I say this lovingly), a SFC with a Hispanic name that supposedly was with the team that tracked down and captured Che. Rumor was (you know how those are) that he had a bounty on his head in at least one Central/South American country, never heard why. Knew a few guys in my class that were caught by him in the middle of the night during E and E cutting across a corner of St. Mere Eglise DZ. He made them low crawl across the DZ with their rucks and weapons to teach them a critical lesson. Fatigues were shredded and knees and elbows in bad shape afterward for a few days. Have a couple more stories about him. He always got his lesson across. His nickname was Terrible Txxxxx.
In the early.....err....mid 00's when Che Guevara t-shirts were popular, I used to wear one. Except mine had a sharpie drawn crosshair on Che's forehead.
In the early.....err....mid 00's when Che Guevara t-shirts were popular...
I still see hipsters wearing those damn shirts. The ones I've asked them about have no clue who he even is/was. I asked one kid who was on his shirt and he said, "Antonio Banderas back when he was younger".
And those people vote.
Yay, America!
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It's a sad thing to know that no one pays attention to history any more.
Sadly enough, I knew who Guevara was when I was in school, yet today, kids are using their shirts as a billboard for a dirtbag without even knowing it...due to their willing ignorance.
I still see hipsters wearing those damn shirts. The ones I've asked them about have no clue who he even is/was. I asked one kid who was on his shirt and he said, "Antonio Banderas back when he was younger".
And those people vote.
Yay, America!
Exactly why I'm bringing it up again.
And people laughed at my de-evolution comments..... this nation is nothing more than a nation of sheeple led by the "social (socialist/communist) media". They don't have a clue how to think on their own.
Which is why "reality" TV is so amusing, placing American sheeple in situations that folks from the 50's lived without a problem is quite amusing. I'm surprised most sheeple still know how to boil water.
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Felix Rodriguez was the CIA agent that interviewed Guevarra in his final hours and is seen dressed as a Bolivian army officer in the last photo of Guevarra alive.
Mr. Rodriguez is a very interesting man and a great American.
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