La Coubre explosion sold to a shipping company in Cyprus and renamed "Barbara". Alberto Korda took photos at the memorial service for victims of the "La Coubre" explosion, including "Guerrillero Heroico", which has become an iconic image of Che Guevara. La Coubre explosion The French freighter La Coubre () exploded in the harbor of Havana, Cuba, on 4 March 1960 while it was unloading 76 tons of munitions. Casualties may have been as high as 100, and many more were injured. Fidel Castro charged it was an act of sabotage on the part of the United States, which denied any involvement. Unloading explosive
Rade Korda the command of Pavle Đurišić), but was an independent commander of Chetnik forces from Serb villages between Bijelo Polje and Sjenica. The Godiljevo Chetnik Detachment, established and commanded by Korda, had 300–600 men. According to some pro-Chetnik sources, Korda was born in Tutići-Vrbica village in Bijelo Polje county and completed elementary school. Before World War II, he was a police sergeant. At the beginning of World War II in Yugoslavia, Korda organized and led a detachment of Serbs in Bare (near Sjenica) to protect their villages from newly-established pro-Croat and pro-Albanian authorities in Sjenica under the command of Major Miloš