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1956 Hungarian Revolution - MSG Account of Events

Posts: Budapest
Author: Edward R. Parauka



Photo1 Ed Parauka / Nov 3: "Captured T-54 Tank"
Photo2 Ed Parauka / Nov 3: "Near Killian Barraks, 2 Hungarian Freedom Fighters with Sgt Comer on left / Sgt Parauka 3rd from left.
Photo3 Ed Parauka / Nov 3: "Near Killian Barracks - with 2 Hungarian Freedom  Fighters."
Photo4 Ed Parauka / Nov 3: "A Local AUH (Secret Police) Headquarters. Notice the Hungarian National Flag with the center cut out (had a Soviet Hammer/sickle within the center).  Dead bodies are executed Secret Police Officers."
Photo5 Ed Parauka / Nov 3: "Killed Secret Police Officers".
Photo6 Ed Parauka / Nov 3: " Near the local AUH Headquarters. The dead bodies are Resistance Fighters being honored with flowers and candles around them."
Photo7 Ed Parauka / Nov 3: "Near Killian Barracks, car wrecks representing the intense fighting."
Photo8 Ed Parauka / Nov 3: "Near Killian Barracks,  approaching Freedom Fighters."
Photo9 Ed Parauka / Nov 3: "Near Killean Barracks, Me with 2 Freedom Fighters"
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Ed Parauka / Nov 3: "A courtyard off the street near Killian Barracks. A group of resistance fighters with captured anti-tank gun.  In the back is Sgt Comer, far right is Sgt Bolick, I am in the front (kneeling).
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Ed Parauka / Nov 3: "Captured Soviet medium tank with Hungarian soldiers on it. These troops defected  over to the Resistance
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Ed Parauka - Oct 29: "Hungarian people digging down into a tunnel where they believed Secret Police agents were hiding."
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Ed Parauka - Oct 29: "In Peoples Square, in backgound was a huge statue of Stalin, torn down by the people.
L-R: Sgt Bolick, Sgt Parauka, Sgt Comer"
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Ed Parauka - Oct 29:  "American Apt Building on 12/b Szechenyi Rakpert. Faces the Danube River and in between Parlament Bldgs and Internerior Ministry (Secret Police).  My and Sgt Conners appt is on Mezzanine level, just above the car. Pictures takenof Soviet troops below, just before being fired upon."
Photo15 Ed Parauka - Oct 29:  "From our balcany, I took these shots of Hungarian T-34s lined up to fire across the Danube river at Risistance Fighters."
Photo16 "Ed Parauka - Oct 29, 1956: "From our balcony , a Russian T-54 coming down the street in front of us."
Photo17 "Ed Parauka - Oct 29:  " From our balcony overlooking Soviet Troops readying for
battle.  A moment later they were fired upon by Freedom Fighters on from the roof of our
building and started shooting back. By accident they started raking us.  When they raised
their machine guns toward us we dove for cover."



 

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