FIELD GUN AT CAMP; GENERALS; COL. PWATI SPEAKING; TROOPS LISTENING; DETACHMENT WITH BAND MARCHING; GENERALS BOBOZO, MASIALA AND LUNDULA; MARCH PAST; WOMEN'S DETACHMENT; GENERALS IN BACKGROUND.




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Background: AT KOKOLO CAMP NEAR KINSHASA, CELEBRATIONS WERE HELD RECENTLY TO COMMEMORATE THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE CONGOLESE NATIONAL ARMY'S VICTORY AT BUKAVU, CAPITAL OF THE KIVU PROVINCE, OVER THE MERCENARIES WHO HAD HELD THE TOWN FOR THREE MONTHS DURING THEIR INCURSION INTO CONGO-KINSHASA IN THE SUMMER AND AUTUMN OF 1967.

COLONEL PWATI, CHIEF OF STAFF, SPOKE AT THE PARADE WHICH WAS STAGED ON THIS OCCASION.

PRESENT AT THE MARCH-PAST WERE GENERAL BOBOZO, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE CONGOLESE NATIONAL ARMY; GENERAL MASIALA, THE VICTOR OF BUKAVU; AND GENERAL LUNDULA, IN CHARGE OF AWARDING NATIONAL DECORATIONS. THE CELEBRATIONS WERE ALSO ATTENDED BY MANY OTHER HIGH-RANKING PERSONALITIES.