Sturgis opens a training camp in the Sierra Maestra mountains, where he teaches Che Guevara and other 26th of July Movement rebel soldiers guerrilla warfare
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Sturgis opens a training camp in the Sierra Maestra mountains, where he teaches Che Guevara and other 26th of July Movement rebel soldiers guerrilla warfare
When the Cuban revolution ended in January 1959, Castro appointed Sturgis gambling czar and director of security and intelligence for the air force, in addition to his position as a captain in the 26th of July Brigade
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