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27th February 2004, 04:00
Originally posted by Knowledge 6 6 6+Feb 27 2004, 03:26 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Knowledge 6 6 6 @ Feb 27 2004, 03:26 AM)
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[email protected] 26 2004, 06:47 PM
[email protected] 19 2004, 01:18 PM
Well that may be true but i hear that when they had che's final fight in the canyon place (forget the name) his berret was knocked off. So unless someone picked it up and put it on his head think it still lyes on the canyon
Good thinking, but I'll quote an earlier post by H.I.M. (which is completely true, by the way):
Actually, it was. As Che attempted to escape the Yuro Gorge, in which he and his men were trapped by the Bolivian Army, he unknowingly ran into a trap. The Bolivian Army had their guns fixed on the only escape from the gorge. As soon as Che came into their crosshairs, soldiers began firing, hitting Che in the ankle, disabling his rifle, and putting a hole through (and knocking off) his famous beret.
Che picked up the beret and continued to run (he attempted to order his men to do retreat - but the gunfire was too loud, and only several nearby guerrillas ran with Che), realizing that to fight was useless at that point. As he ran, he was captured in an ambush. And the rest, as they say, is history.
Yes, Che's beret was knocked off. But someone did put it back on Che's head --- he did. So it stayed with him in his grave until his body was found in 1995, or whenever that was.
body found in 1995? I dont get that...they confirmed the death of Che on Oct.8, 1967. In 'Companero' (bio on Che) there's pics of his body after execution. (its freaky...his eyes are still open... :o )
1995? Where'd u get this date from?[/b]
Che's body was buried in a mass grave. The picture you saw was taken before his burial. The whereabouts of his remains were a mystery until 1995. In July of 1997, Che's body was unearthed and taken back to Cuba. His remains are now in a masoleum in Santa Clara.
Here's a timeline. Found here (http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB5/#declass) (bottom of page).
JULY 1, 1995: In an interview with biographer Jon Lee Anderson, Bolivian General Mario Vargas Salinas reveals that "he had been a part of a nocturnal burial detail, that Che’s body and those of several of his comrades were buried in a mass grave near the dirt airstrip outside the little mountain town of Vallegrande in Central Bolivia." A subsequent Anderson article in the New York Times sets off a two-year search to find and identify Guevara’s remains. (Anderson,1)
JULY 5, 1997: Che Guevara biographer, Jon Lee Anderson, reports for the New York Times that although the remains have not been exhumed and definitely identified, two experts are "100 percent sure" that they have discovered Che’s remains in Vallegrande. The fact that one of the skeletons is missing both of its hands is cited as the most compelling evidence. (NYT 7/5/97)
JULY 13, 1997: A ceremony in Havana, attended by Fidel Castro and other Cuban officials, marks the return of Che’s remains to Cuba. (NYT 7/14/97)
OCTOBER 17, 1997: In a ceremony attended by Castro and thousands of Cubans, Che Guevara is reburied in Santa Clara, Cuba. (NYT, 10/18/97)