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SPC Douglas Bolton
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MAJ Vincent Fulginiti
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Small anecdote. - 2014 on plane headed to Addis Ababa met a visible American Rastafarian headed there to live with the Rastafarian community on land granted to them by HSI many years ago.Asked him if he knew the meaning of Ras Tafari.He did not.explained to him that Ras was the Amharic word for Prince snd Tafari was the family name of HSI and thus he was the Prince of the Tafari clan. Rastafarians since his 1969 visit to Jamaica worshipped HSI as god which he did not endorse or accept.
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MAJ Vincent Fulginiti
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Spent two years with MAAG Ethiopia 72-74.Was there for coup.H.I.M. H S I deserved better.Went back for a few days in 2014 .very emotionally draining for loss of all the very good Ethiopian people who we knew. we toured northern Ethiopia ,Axum ,Lalibela, saw church of the Ark of the Covenant and the monolithic hand hewn churches.the tombs of HSI and his wife reminded us of what his people lived through under the DERG for 20’yrs.
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