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| Frank P. Battaglia |
Trooper Frank P. Battaglia
1 RLI 3 Cdo
KIA March 6 1978
Frank resided in Florida and New York City. He was a Vietnam veteran
having served with the U.S. 173rd Airborne. One week after being
casevaced wounded his platoon suffered a severe ambush. One week after
tour of duty his other platoon suffered a severe ambush. Frank served a
full contract with the Spanish Foreign Legion. He received a great honor
there to carry the statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary in a huge religious
feast day parade.
Frank came to Rhodesia with his wife, and went to SAS training troop.
His wife joined the Rhodesian Air Force and worked packing parachutes.
Later Frank would always check the parachute packing number and had
jumped with a chute packed by his wife a few times. Frank after SAS
training joined 1 RLI 3 Cdo 14 Troop. He was and avid poker player and
gave some young Rhodesian soldiers poker lessons while playing for
matches. Frank was KIA on Op Turmoil in Zambia by a ZIPRA machine gun
nest.
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