The life of Portuguese Soldiers in Bosnia
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Letter to Portuguese Defense Minister
During the visit of the Portuguese Defense Minister to the Support Detachment ( Destacamento de Apoio e Serviço – DAS ) in Vogosca, Lt. Mexia, the treasurer of the DAS, delivered a public letter to the staff Minister where he described the precarious living conditions of his troops and some criticisms referent to the non-payment of the soldiers stipends. In result of this act, the 1st officer on Command , LtCol. Krug, and his second, Lt. Mexia, have been called back to Portugal on the morning of 15 March, where they will be judge by a military court-martial, for disobedience and insubordination to the Portuguese staff.
– LtCol Krug was replaced on the command by Maj. Barbosa
Later all charges on LtCol Krug have been canceled by the portuguese army staff.
One more incident with mines
On 17th of March 96 in the afternoon, Captain Leite Bastos…