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William Alexander Morgan
Born
(1928-04-19)April 19, 1928
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Died
March 11, 1961(1961-03-11) (aged 32)
Havana, Cuba
Cause of death
Execution by firing squad
Burial place
Colon Cemetery, Havana
Nationality
American
Citizenship
American (revoked in 1959, posthumously restored in 2009) Cuban (1959–1961)
Occupation
Revolutionary
Years active
1957–1961
Known for
Commander of the Second National Front of the Escambray
Military career
Allegiance
United States (until 1959)
Service/branch
United States Army
Years of service
1945–1948
William Alexander Morgan (April 19, 1928 – March 11, 1961) was an American-born Cuban guerrilla commander who fought in the Cuban Revolution, leading a band of rebels that drove the Cuban army from key positions in the central mountains as part of Second National Front of Escambray, thereby helping to pave the way for Fidel Castro's forces to secure victory. Morgan was one of about two dozen U.S. citizens to fight in the revolution and one of only three foreign nationals to hold the rank of comandante in the rebel forces.[1] In the years after the revolution, Morgan became disenchanted with Castro's turn to communism and he became one of the leaders of the CIA-supplied Escambray rebellion. In 1961, he was arrested by the Cuban government and, after a military trial, executed by firing squad in the presence of Fidel and Raúl Castro.[2][3]
^The others were Che Guevara, an Argentine citizen, and Eloy Gutiérrez Menoyo, a Spanish citizen.[citation needed]
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United States Army