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Title: Cassinga Day memorial service, Community Centre, Katutura
Subject: Cassinga (Angola)--History, Angola--History, Military--20th century, Memorial service--Namibia--Katutura
Description: Cassinga Day memorial service, Community Centre, Katutura. The Battle of Cassinga, Cassinga Raid or Kassinga Massacre was a controversial South African airborne attack on a SWAPO refugee camp and military base at the former town of Cassinga, Angola on 4 May 1978.
Identifier: islandora:6954

Title: Herd boy injured by a landmine learns to walk, Oshakati Hospital
Subject: Namibia--History, Military--20th century, War victims--Namibia--Oshakati, Children and war--Namibia
Description: A herd boy injured by a landmine learns to walk, Oshakati Hospital.
Identifier: islandora:6963

Title: Willie Amutenya leading children in a dance
Subject: Cassinga (Angola)--History, Angola--History, Military--20th century, People with disabilities, Political prisoners--Namibia--Mariental
Description: Willie Amutenya leading children in a dance. Willie Amutenya was captured at the Vietnam Camp, 50 km from the Namibian border, on the same day as the Cassinga attack in 1978 and held for years at Keikanachab prison, Mariental. The Battle of Cassinga, Cassinga Raid or Kassinga Massacre was a controversial South African airborne attack on a SWAPO refugee camp and military base at the former town of Cassinga, Angola on 4 May 1978.
Identifier: islandora:6953

Title: Soldiers transported in trucks, Rundu
Subject: Namibia--History, Military--20th century, Transportation, Soldiers--Namibia--Rundu
Description: Soldiers transported in trucks, Rundu, Kavango. Rundu was the second-most militarised area of the border zone, after the more densely populated Owambo to the east.
Identifier: islandora:6940

Title: Military vehicle in dust-storm on the road to Oshivelo
Subject: Namibia--History, Military--20th century, Vehicles, Military--Namibia
Description: Military vehicle in dust-storm on the road to Oshivelo.
Identifier: islandora:6970

Title: French Africa: north, west and equatorial
Subject: France--Colonies--Africa--History--20th Century, France--Colonies--Africa--Maps, France--Colonies--Africa--Description and travel--Maps,
Description: Map of French Africa, showing countries in north, west, and equatorial regions, French-speaking countries adhering to General De Gaulle, countries under British, Italian, and Spanish rule, boundaries of former German Colonies, roads, railways, and air routes. Also shows minerals in French Africa. Coloured. Scale 384 Miles = 1 Inch.
Identifier: islandora:29994

Title: Released prisoner from Onaimwandi base with his family, Tsandi, northern Namibia
Subject: Namibia--History, Military--20th century, Prisoners of war--Namibia
Description: Released prisoner from Onaimwandi base with his family, Tsandi, northern Namibia.
Identifier: islandora:6969

Title: Off-duty Koevoet operatives
Subject: Namibia--History, Military--20th century
Description: Off-duty Koevoet operative based at Arendsnes. Koevoet is the common name of the South West African Police Counter-Insurgency Unit (SWAPOL-COIN).
Identifier: islandora:6981

Title: Remains of an unidentified body close to the Angolan border
Subject: Namibia--History, Military--20th century, War victims--Namibia
Description: The bush of ghosts. The remains of an unidentified body close to the Angolan border.
Identifier: islandora:6983

Title: Road closed due to the sabotage of a culvert by People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) combatants on the road to Oshakati
Subject: Namibia--History, Military--20th century
Description: Road closed due to the sabotage of a culvert by People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) combatants on the road to Oshakati.
Identifier: islandora:6968

Title: SADF soldier, Rundu
Subject: Namibia--History, Military--20th century, Soldiers--Namibia--Rundu
Description: South African Defence Force (SADF) soldier, Rundu, Kavango. Rundu was the second-most militarised area of the border zone, after the more densely populated Owambo to the east.
Identifier: islandora:6939

Title: Remains of the Roman Catholic Church at Okanimekwa, after bombing
Subject: Namibia--History, Military--20th century, Buildings--War damage
Description: Remains of the Roman Catholic Church at Okanimekwa, after bombing.
Identifier: islandora:6962

Title: Standby duty at Ondangwa Air Force Base
Subject: Military bases--Namibia, Namibia--History, Military--20th century, Military life--Namibia--Ondangwa
Description: Standby duty at Ondangwa Air Force Base.
Identifier: islandora:6973

Title: Australian 17th Construction Squadron Royal Engineers, with local residents in Ombalantu, northern Namibia
Subject: Namibia--History--1946-1990, Namibia--History, Military--20th century
Description: The Australian 17th Construction Squadron Royal Engineers, deployed with the United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG), with local residents in Ombalantu, northern Namibia.
Identifier: islandora:6980

Title: Destruction of the outer palisade of a home by casspirs
Subject: Namibia--History, Military--20th century, Armored personnel carriers
Description: Destruction of the outer palisade of a home by casspirs, an armoured personnel carrier that is protected from landmines, as a result of fighting between SWAPO and the South West African Police Counter-Insurgency Unit (SWAPOL-COIN), also known as Koevoet, in the Omundudu area.
Identifier: islandora:6985

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