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Enrique Carreras
Enrique Carreras (1922–2014) -– Division general in Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces; Hero of the Republic of Cuba. As an officer before the revolution, Carreras was ordered to bomb a rebellious army unit. He refused and was jailed. After the revolution’s triumph, the air squadron he headed was decisive in defeating...
Enrique Carreras (1922–2014) -– Division general in Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces; Hero of the Republic of Cuba. As an officer before the revolution, Carreras was ordered to bomb a rebellious army unit. He refused and was jailed. After the revolution’s triumph, the air squadron he headed was decisive in defeating the US-organized invasion at the Bay of Pigs. Carreras later helped organize Cuban volunteer forces defending Angola from South African invasions. He is coauthor of Making History: Interviews with Four Generals of Cuba's Revolutionary Armed Forces (1999).