Eyre 🇮🇪 in Congo 1960-63

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John Gorman remembers a remarkable Cold War defence where Irish UN soldiers fought against the odds in the Congo

Sixteen nations sent forces to fight in the Korean War on the allied side. One of the lesser-known contingents was Ethiopia’s Kagnew battalion. It was equipped almost entirely with surplus Am…