Irish UN Peacekeepers take part in first offensive mission in Congo 1961

#OnThisDay 1961 Irish @UN Peacekeepers take part in the Battle of the Tunnel, a communications line, in Elizabethville, Congo. They lost 3 men but achieved their objective. 14 Distinguished Service medals were awarded in Ireland’s first offensive mission abroad.

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