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 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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HONOUR FOR UN SOLDIERS; Veterans of Congo battle get memorial.(News)
; ...in Athlone in memory of the Siege of Jadotville battle. The Co Westmeath event was the...O'Dea said: Until recently, the story of Jadotville and the heroism of A Company seems to...Irish Defence Forces. The events in Jadotville raise very deep emotions among all those...
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 "The People (London, England)")
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I've fought 30 years to clear name of Irish troops .. and I will go on to my dying breath; 6-DAY SIEGE WITH 300 SOLDIERS KILLED.. AND THEY CALLED US COWARDS.(Features)
; ...in the bleak unforgiving landscape of Jadotville, the 150 Irish troops came under attack...wanted by the civilian population in Jadotville. There were two companies there before...who was also in the Congo but not at Jadotville, remembers what happened to earlier...
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IRISH SOLDIERS WIN LAST FIGHT; Congo vets honoured four DECADES late - helped by The People.(News)
; ...thousands of enemy troops in the Battle of Jadotville in 1961. Howeve,r after killing more...non-commissioned officer who survived Jadotville. I would like to see a special once-off campaign medal struck in relation to Jadotville and presented to the men who are still...
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 "Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland)")
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The war heroes we forgot . . .(REVIEW)
; ...and air attack in a five-day battle at Jadotville. They suffered a few wounded, none dead...inaccurate lie to rest comes Heroes of Jadotville by the writer Rose Doyle, whose uncle...third book recently published about Jadotville and is the most comprehensive, including...
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Congo siege vets honoured.(News)
; Byline: LIAM HORAN IRISH soldiers are to be honoured for their part in the Battle of Jadotville - after 35 years. Troops from A Company 35th Battalion, mainly from Athlone, were besieged by thousands of rebel soldiers in Katagan...
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; ...1962 and 1967 Pendeville worked as a teacher at the Belgian School in Jadotville (Likasi), where his passion for mineralogy began. He explored the quarries around Jadotville and, between 1967 and 1989, served as a Professor at the Higher institute...
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War tribute ..43 yrs on.(News)
; ...government. A memorial plaque is to be unveiled commemorating the bravery of the 150 members of the 35th Battalion in the battle of Jadotville in 1961. Following their surrender to Katanguan forces after a six-day battle where they were outnumbered 20-to-one, they...
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 "Sunday Mirror (London, England)")
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Congo heroes' EUR6m film.(News)
; ...Gleason are tipped for the main roles in The Forgotten, which is expected to cost EUR6million. In 1961, in the mining town of Jadotville, 150 soldiers of the Athlone town-based A company 35th Infantry Battalion came under attack from 4,000 Belgian-led Katangese...
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BRAVE VETS MEDAL SHAME; Our jungle fighters honoured.. with award they had to pay for themselves.(News)
; ...ammunition to defend the village of Jadotville in the Congo, 34 years ago. This is...themselves in a similar situation protecting Jadotville. Unlike the Dutch, those troops stood...troops dug in around an area called Jadotville under the command of Kerry man, Commandant...
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A great little nation? Not when it's so badly run by the politicians.(COMMENT)
; ...mission. We often remember it for a tragedy (the Niemba ambush) and a disaster (the surrender at Jadotville). I'm very glad the Irish commander at Jadotville has since been fully vindicated, but the mission deserves to be remembered for better reasons...
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