In the summer of 1960, 10th Group deployed to the Leopoldville, where there would be a larger evacuation, led by Belgian paratroopers.
32.
Based off classified CIA cables from Leopoldville to the head of the CIA report the view of the CIA that Lumumba was involved with Communists:
33.
The airline had only a short life, first opening a leg from Kinshasa ( formerly Leopoldville ) to Gombe on July 1, 1920.
34.
From there he traveled to Kigoma, on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganika, where he crossed over to then-named Congo-Leopoldville.
35.
Riebe was awarded a Purple Heart medal for injuries suffered in the Leopoldville sinking and later served with the 66th Infantry as it moved across Europe.
36.
Guv Gray proclaimed Dec . 24 of 1999 " S . S . Leopoldville Rememberance Day, " as the 50th anniversary of a disaster.
37.
On 24 December 1944 she and were escorting the troopship, when " Leopoldville " was torpedoed and sunk by with heavy loss of life.
38.
Lumumba managed to escape from Leopoldville ( today Kinshasa ) and tried to join his followers in the provinces, but he was arrested on Dec . 2.
39.
When he tried to escape house arrest in Leopoldville and join supporters in Stanleyville, he was arrested by troops controlled by the future dictator, Joseph Mubutu.
40.
Under his leadership, the group swept the first open municipal Leopoldville elections in 1957, and he was elected mayor of the Dendale district of the city.
