Fist Fight at Lebanon checkpoint

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Tony Roe
Interviewed for MAOHP - 08/09/2017
Reference Code: IE_MA_MAC_006_MAOHP_016_C
Location(s): Lebanon
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In this piece of audio taken from an interview on 8th September 2016, Commandant Anthony (Tony) Roe tells a story about Captain Liam McNamee (Son of Hugh McNamee, who retired in 1977) who was involved in an incident at a check point in the Lebanon. McNamee was involved in a fist fight with a Lebanese man but Comdt Roe was not able to clarify which side the Lebanese man was involved with. Liam McNamee (later Col. McNamee) wrote 'A Helping Hand', An Cosantóir Review, October 1995, p. 21.

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