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Johnson, Harold, 90
Johnson, Lyndon, 44, 107, 146, 192
JROTC. See Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Julio (Mario Gutirrez Ardaya), xi, 180
Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC), 265
Kennedy, John F.
Bay of Pigs and, 75, 148, 149, 207
counterinsurgency and, 43
Kiosko Hugo
radio at, 71
Shelton, R., at, 86–87, 147, 149, 267
Special Forces at, 86–87, 94, 96–97, 122–23, 147, 149, 267
Valderomas at, 71, 98
Korean War, 42
Labor unions, 51, 92, 105, 131
La Cabaña, Cuba, 78
La Esperanza, Bolivia, xiv
dancing in, 152–53, 154
Debray in, 68, 69
Kiosko Hugo, 71, 86–87, 96–97, 122–23, 267
Ovando Candía in, 97–98
public relations in, 85–87, 96–97
road for, 96
Rodríguez, F., in, 147–48
school in, 71–72, 86, 96, 99, 120, 178, 258, 266
Shelton, R., in, ix, 39–42, 65–70, 83–87, 93–98, 118–21, 122–23, 139, 140–41, 147–50, 156–59, 177–79, 183–84, 257–58
Special Forces in, xiii, 39–42, 65–70, 83–87, 93–98, 118–21, 122–23, 139, 140–41, 147–50, 156–59, 177–79, 183–84, 257–58
sugar mill in, 40–41, 68, 70
supplies in, 94
Lafuenta, David, 166
Lafuente, Remberto, xiv, 46, 47
Lagunillas, Bolivia, 11
La Higuera, Bolivia, 197, 198, 206
Che bust in, 260
Che in, 207–8, 212–13
guerrillas in, xiv, 180, 190, 191, 221
Rodríguez, F., in, 226
Vallegrande and, 226
Language, 273, 274
Laos, 43, 70, 120
La Paz, Bolivia
airport of, 3, 4
CIA in, 225
Hotel Copacabana, 6, 237
martial law in, 105–6
Ministry of Interior building in, 145
presidential palace in, 130
radio station in, 136
school in, 105, 106
thin air in, 248
U.S. embassy in, 229
Latin American Solidarity Organization (LASO) conference, 150–51
La Tusca Canyon, Bolivia, 199, 200
Loayza, Lucio, 11, 14
Loma Larga, Bolivia, 197
Lombardi, Vince, 122
Lopez, Gonzalo, 5
M-1919A6 machine gun, 123
Malraux, André, 265
Manosanta Humerundo, 158–59
Marcos (Antonio Sanchez Diaz), 173–74
Marksmanship, 157
Martial law, 51, 105–6, 141–42
Martinez Caso, Jose, 245, 253
Martinez Tamayo, Rene. See Arturo
Martins, Carlos, xiv, 45, 46
Matanzas-Havana Highway, Cuba, 131–32
Maymura, Freddy. See Ernesto
Media
ambushes in, 28, 48, 49
on Barrientos Ortuno, 114, 141–42, 143
Bolivian, 28, 48, 49, 60, 146, 244, 245
Bolivian Liberation Army statement in, 91–92
Bustos in, 60
Che in, 23, 29, 48–49, 88, 113, 139–40, 192, 193, 243, 244–45, 252–53
Debray in, 61, 62–63, 230
guerrillas in, 28, 48, 49, 113, 192
international, 62, 63, 92–93, 114, 141–42, 143, 192, 249, 252–53
Ovando Candía in, 251–52
in Vallegrande, 244, 245
Medical care
for Second Ranger Battalion, 104–5, 153
for Special Forces, 156–57, 158–60
Mendigutia Silvera, José Antonio, 74
Miami, Florida, 74, 75, 132, 148–49
Miguel (Manuel Hernandez), x, 175, 180
Military law. See Martial Law
Military zone, 50
Milliard, Roland, ix, 42, 67, 68
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 121–22
Milwaukee Braves, 122
Miners, 49, 92, 105, 106, 131
Mini Mokes, 90
Mining, 49, 92, 105, 106, 130, 131
Ministry of Interior, 145
Mitchell, LeRoy, ix
MNR. See National Revolutionary Movement
Mobile training team (MTT), 36, 65–68
Moises (Moises Guevara Rodriguez), x, 169, 173
Mortars, 124
“Mr. Shorty,” 86, 125
MTT. See Mobile training team
Muyapampa, Bolivia, 57–58
Nancahuazu river valley, Bolivia. See Rio Nancahuazu valley, Bolivia
Nance, Ernest, 229
Napalm, 51, 132
National Revolutionary Movement (MNR), 20–21
Nato, 169
New York Times, 142, 143, 192, 252–53
Nicaragua, 132–33, 134
Night maneuvers, 101, 117, 126, 155–56
Nuestra Señora de Malta Hospital, Bolivia, 165, 245
Office of Current Intelligence in Latin America, CIA, 37
Officer Candidate School, 43
Ongania, Carlos, 142
OPCEN. See Operations Center
Operation 500, 231
Operation 600, 231
Operations Center (OPCEN), 66
Operation Wilderness, 265
Organization of American States, 149
Ortiz, Alejandro, 201
Ortiz, Felix Moreno, 26
Outward Bound, 265
Ovando Candía, Alfredo, xii, 108
Barrientos Ortuno and, 89–90, 91, 93, 130, 229, 230
in Chaco War, 89
death of, 264
Henderson and, 253
in La Esperanza, Bolivia, 97–98
in media, 251–52
predictions of, 193
requests for help by, 50–51, 89, 91, 114
Rostow on, 254
statement by, 251–52
in Vallegrande, 253
Pacheco, Julio, 58
Pacho (Alberto Fernandez Montes de Oca), xi, 110
Paco (José Castillo Chavez), x
on guerrillas, 169–75, 211
interrogation of, 169–75
Rodríguez, F., and, 80, 163–70, 171–75, 211
on Tania, 171–72, 173
Palacio Quemado (presidential palace), Bolivia, 130
Panama, 21, 31
Fort Gulick, 33, 44, 157
Howard Air Force Base, 65
Pantoja, Orlando. See Antonio
Papa Cansado, 204, 209–10. See also Guevara, Ernesto “Che”
Paraguay, 20, 151
Pashtu, 273, 274
Passports, 146
Pastor, 173, 174
Pathet Lao guerrillas, 70
Paul VI (pope), 265
Paz Estenssoro, Victor, 20–21
Pearson, Drew, 140
Peña, Pedro, 198
Peredo, Guido. See Inti
Peredo Leigue, Robert. See Coco
Perez, Carlos, 198
Peterson, Jerald, ix, 104, 121, 122–23
Phoenix, Arizona, 125, 266–67
Phoenix Program, 268
Pig (chancho), 107
Pino, Nestor, 234
Pinochet, Augusto, 265
Plato, Hernan, xiii, 11, 14, 15, 17
Playa Girón. See Bay of Pigs, Cuba
Plaza de la Revolución (Revolution Plaza), Cuba, 256–57, 271
Pombo (Harry Villegas),
173
Porter, Robert, Jr., xii, 38, 166, 178–79, 255
Prado, Julio, 26
Prado Salmon, Gary, xiii, 102, 103
Barrientos Ortuno and, 25–26, 27–28, 31–32
Che and, 201–4, 205–8, 215–19, 220–21, 222–23, 226–27, 240, 257, 259, 261, 263–64
Prado Salmon (cont.)
Company B and, 183–84, 188, 189–90, 197, 198–208, 229
The Defeat of Che Guevara: Military Response to Guerrilla Challenge in Bolivia by, 264
as hero, 257
as liaison, 84, 85, 95–96, 118–20
Salazar and, 155
Shelton, R., and, 84, 85, 95–96, 118–20, 183–84, 257–58
Prayer, 88
PRC-10 radio, 136, 200, 209, 210
Presidential palace (Palacio Quemado), Bolivia, 130
Press conference, 254
PT-6 plane, 210
Public relations, 85–87, 96–97, 119–20, 152
Pucara, Bolivia, 179–81, 194
Quarry Heights, 35
Radio, 79–80
Bolivian National, 183
CIA, 136
at Kiosko Hugo, 71
PRC-10, 136, 200, 209, 210
RS-48, 225, 229
Ramon. See Guevara, Ernesto “Che”
Ramos Medina, Félix. See Rodríguez, Félix
Rations, 95, 194–95
Rea, Fidel, 162
Reagan, Ronald, 268
Red zone, 66, 135, 194
Repetition, 103–4
Revolution
in Bolivia, 20–21, 92, 217
Cuban, 19, 21–22, 29–30, 49–50, 74, 78, 92, 93
exporting, 29–30
restorative, 19, 21–22, 49–50, 92, 93
Revolutionary Workers’ Party, 51
Revolution in the Revolution (Debray), 58
Revolution Plaza (Plaza de la Revolución), 256–57, 271
Reyes Zayas, Israel. See Braulio
Ricardo, 110
Rio Grande, Bolivia, 11, 161–64
Rio Nancahuazu valley, Bolivia, xiii
guerrillas in, 9–17, 20, 44–48, 144, 145
map of, 144, 145
Rivas, Francisco, 190
Rivera-Colon, Hector, ix, 42, 67, 68
Robbins, Marty, 86
Roca, Dorys, xiv, 99, 125–26, 266, 267
Rodríguez, Félix, xi, 73
Barrientos Ortuno and, 131–35
Braulio and, 170–71, 174
in Brigade 2506, 74–75, 131–34, 238
Che and, 76, 77, 80, 149, 209–10, 212–13, 225–26, 227, 228, 229, 230–42, 248, 268–69
CIA and, 73–80, 129–34, 225–26, 231, 241, 247–48, 253, 268–69
on communism, 148, 149, 169
in Cuba, 74–75, 131–34, 149
in La Esperanza, 147–48
Lafuenta and, 166–67
in La Higuera, 226
Paco and, 80, 163–70, 171–75, 211
in Pucara, 179–81
in Santa Cruz, 135, 147
Saucedo and, 135, 147, 164–68, 172, 247
Shelton, R., and, 140–41, 147–50
on Vietnam War, 148
Zenteno Anaya and, 181–82, 211, 212–13, 226–27, 228, 231–32
Rodríguez, Rosa, 75–76
Rojas, Honorato, xiv, 161–62, 164, 193, 265
Rope climbing, 101–3
Rostow, Walt Whitman, xii, 146–47
on Bolivia, 106–7, 192–93
on Che’s execution, 254–55
on Ovando Candía, 254
on Second Ranger Battalion, 255
Roth, George Andrew, xi, 58, 59, 60, 62
RS-48 field radio, 225, 229
Ruling class, 25
Rusk, Dean, xii, 90, 91
Ruta del Che (Che Guevara Route), 260
Saavedra Arambel, Luis, xiii, 45
Saint John’s Day Massacre, 106, 141
Salazar, Mario, xiii, 267–68
dancing and, 152, 153
on death, 153–54
enlistment by, 87–88
guerrillas and, 252
near Vallegrande, 188, 193–94
Prado Salmon and, 155
in training, 101–4
Salmon, Rosario, 26, 27
Samaipata, Bolivia, 109–13, 131, 151, 192
San Antonio, Texas, 122
San Antonio Canyon, Bolivia, 190, 199
Sanchez, Ruben, xiii, 44–46, 47, 48
Sanchez, Tito, 204–5
Sanchez Diaz, Antonio. See Marcos
Sanjines-Goytia, Julio, 90
Santa Clara, Cuba, 271
Santa Cruz, Bolivia, 22, 27, 67
highway of, 113
intelligence officers in, 135
Rodríguez, F., in, 135, 147
Sartre, Jean-Paul, 265
Saucedo, Arnaldo, xiii
pictures for, 236–37
Rodríguez, F., and, 135, 147, 164–68, 172, 247
School
in La Esperanza, 71–72, 86, 96, 99, 120, 178, 258, 266
in La Paz, 105, 106
Valderomas and, 71–72, 99
Scorpions, 105
Second Front of the Escambray, x
Second Ranger Battalion, ix, 276–77
A Company, 189, 198, 199
ammunition for, 94–95, 124
Barrientos Ortuno and, 114–15
B Company, 183–84, 188, 189–90, 197, 198–208, 229
C Company, 155, 157, 188, 193, 252
deaths in, 153
field sanitation for, 97
gifts for, 178–79
graduation of, 183
guerrillas and, 159–64, 172, 179–80, 182, 187–91, 193–94, 197–207, 211, 230, 249–50, 254, 257
intelligence officers in, 124–25
liaison for, 84, 85, 95–96, 118–20
medical care for, 104–5, 153
night maneuvers, 101, 117, 126, 155–56
rations for, 95, 194–95
readiness of, 177–79, 181–82
recreation for, 152–53, 154
Rostow on, 255
snipers in, 124
Special Forces and, 36, 38, 68–70, 78–79, 83–85, 117–20, 122–27, 141–47, 153–57, 177–78, 184
training camp for, 94–95, 101–4, 117–18, 156–58, 178
in Vallegrande, 187–91
weapons for, 123–24
Zenteno Anaya and, 179, 188–89
Segundino Parada, 10
Selich, Andres, xiii, 166, 211–12, 219, 220
Serrano, Bolivia, 220
Serrate (Major), 210, 211, 247
Shelton, Margaret, 33–34, 265
Shelton, Ralph “Pappy,” ix, 277
assignment of, 33, 34, 36–37, 38
career of, 265
Shelton, Ralph (cont.)
dancing and, 152–53
death of, 266
early life of, 34, 39–40, 42–43
family of, 33–34, 43, 120, 265
Henderson and, 121
at Kiosko Hugo, 86–87, 147, 149, 267
in La Esperanza, ix, 39–42, 65–70, 83–87, 93–98, 118–21, 122–23, 139, 140–41, 147–50, 156–59, 177–79, 183–84, 257–58
language training of, 43–44
Prado Salmon and, 84, 85, 95–96, 118–20, 183–84, 257–58
public relations by, 85–87, 96–97, 119–20
Rodríguez, F., and, 140–41, 147–50
Villoldo and, 140–41
Shinsha, 275, 276
Show and Tell, 273–74
Siege, state of, 105–
6
Sierra Maestra Mountains, Cuba, 30, 143, 170
Sigle Veinte, Bolivia, 106
Siglo XX mine, Bolivia, 106
Siles Salinas, Luis Adolfo, xii, 179, 264
Silva Bogado, Augusto, xiii, 9–17
Silver Bullet Affair, 21
Silver Star, 42
Singh, Harry, xii, 96
Smith, Magnus, xii, 35–37
Snakebite, 156–60
Snipers, 124
Social justice, 96
Soldiers, 35
Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), U.S., 35–36, 53, 114, 255
Soviet Union
Bay of Pigs and, 148–49
Che on, 30
Cuban foreign aid from, 236
Spain, 21
Special Forces. See also Eighth Special Forces Group; La Esperanza, Bolivia; Shelton, Ralph “Pappy”
arrival of, 67–68, 70
briefing of, 68–69
FID, 274–75
friendships with, 275
history of, 274
at Kiosko Hugo, 86–87, 94, 96–97, 122–23, 147, 149, 267
in La Esperanza, 40–42, 65–70, 83–87, 93–98, 118–21, 122–23, 139, 140–41, 147–50, 156–59, 177–79, 183–84, 257–58
medical care for, 156–57, 158–60
restrictions on, 78–79, 141
Second Ranger Battalion and, 36, 38, 68–70, 78–79, 83–85, 117–20, 122–27, 141–47, 153–57, 177–78, 184
supplies for, 94
Spotter-plane pilots, 136
State Department, U.S., 30, 52–53, 254, 256
Sternfield, Larry, xi, 73, 76
Stevenson, Adlai, 75
Strikes, 105, 106
Student demonstrations, 107
Sugar mill, 40–41, 68, 70
Summer of Love, 35
Supreme Bolivian Command, 231, 239
T-6 plane, 200
Tania (Tamara Bunke Bide), x, 22, 58
death of, 172, 192, 193
grave of, 172
Paco on, 171–72, 173
Tanzania, 77
Tatarenda, Bolivia, 10, 11
Teachers, 105, 106
Tehran, Iran, 268
Telegraph, 110, 207
Teran, Mario, xiv, 239
Third Tactical Command, Bolivian military, 166
Thompson, Wendell, 66
Tilton, John, xi, 130, 241
Tope, William, xii, 38, 53–55
Torrelio Villa, Celso, 189
Totti, Tomas, 200, 204, 215
Transportation
B-26 bomber plane, 132
C-46 plane, 94
C-47 plane, 165
C-130 plane, 94
helicopter, 200
Mini Mokes, 90
PT-6 plane, 210
spotter-plane pilots, 136
T-6 plane, 200
Tree viper, 156–59
Trinidad, Cuba, 75, 148
Trujillo, Rafael, 74