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 Đurišić appointed Radenko Tmušić as Korda's assistant after Korda asked him for a professional military officer. Korda was one of the Chetnik commanders who participated in Đurišić's reprisals against Sandžak Muslims (many of whom were innocent), originally intended as revenge against the Sandžak Muslim militia. A group commanded by Vojislav Lukačević began with an attack on 5 January 1943. When the Chetniks began the offensive, Italian forces tried to reach Korda with a plea to stop the attacks but were driven off. A unit commanded by Korda burned 15 houses and killed 15 people that day, and Miraš Savić's unit