United Nations Photo
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ONUC Troops Secure Road Blocks and Positions Around Elisabethville
On 28 December, units of the United Nations force in the Congo were ordered to secure road blocks and positions around the perimeter of Elisabethville, from which Katangese Gendarmerie had maintained indiscriminate and uncontrolled firing at ONUC forces. By the 3rd of January, ONUC troops had completed these operations and occupied the towns of Kipushi and Jadotville.
ONUC Force Commander General Kebbede Guebre (right) and members of his staff are seen inspecting a roadway bridge, between Elisabethville and Kipushi, which was reconstructed by ONUC Engineers.
ONUC Force Commander General Kebbede Guebre (right) and members of his staff are seen inspecting a roadway bridge, between Elisabethville and Kipushi, which was reconstructed by ONUC Engineers.
03 January 1963
Elisabethville-Kipushi, Republic of the Congo
Photo # 184411
