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Word: vazquez (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1931-1931
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...officers at the Alverca Airdrome joined the revolt and took off with a load of bombs. No fools were Commander America Sanchez and Lieut. Manoel Vazquez. Commander Sanchez joined the revolution, swooped back & forth over the roofs of Lisbon firing his machine gun. He suddenly decided that there was little future in the revolt, turned his plane's nose east and came down safely in Spain. Lieut. Vazquez went up with a crate of nearly 200 hand grenades and spent a busy hour tossing them over the side, trying to hit the Presidential Palace. When his crate was empty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PORTUGAL: Liquidated in Blood | 9/7/1931 | See Source »

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