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 because of his refusal to subordinate himself to the Chetnik command; however, Korda avoided death by participating in the actions organized against the occupying Axis forces and Muslims. Control of Bijelo Polje and Korda were factors in the conflict between Pavle Đurišić and Miloš Glišić. After Miloš Glišić and his Chetniks were expelled from Nova Varoš, Korda was under the command of Pavle Đurišić; however, he independently controlled Serb villages on the border between Bijelo Polje and Sjenica. Đurišić appointed Korda commander of the 2nd Bijelo Polje brigade of the 150-man Lim-Sandžak Chetnik Detachment. According to published Chetnik postwar sources,