Egyptian parachuters returning to Port Said (Egypt) after launching a failed landing in Syria, aimed at foiling the coup d'etat

Egyptian parachuters returning to Port Said (Egypt) after launching a failed landing in Syria, aimed at foiling the coup d'etat on September 28, 1961. They were arrested by the Syrian Army, then deported back to Egypt along with Marshal Abd al-Hakim Amer, the ex-Egyptian governor of Syria.

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