Biography
Prieto Talleda, Emilio 34 years old, Cuban; Mechanic; Domicile 1 West 111th Street, NYC, USA; CP; Arrived in Figueres via Agullana on February 3, 1938 and moved on to Albacete on February 5, 1938; Served with the XV BDE, 59 BN, Co. 4, later in Co. 2; Rank Soldado; Served at the Retreats (Aragon) April 1, 1938 and Ebro Offensive; WIA August 20, 1938, Sierra de Pàndols, hit in the left arm; Wanted to go to the US after the War; Returned to Cuba on May 27, 1939 aboard the Orduña.Sources: RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 2, Delo 303, ll. 219; Opis 6, Delo 36, ll. 52; Opis 6, Delo 42, ll. 62-64, Relacion Aproximativa de Voluntarios Internacionales (Cubanes y Sudamericanes); Opis 6, Delo 599, ll. 66-69; Primer Partido Comunista de Cuba 1/2:1/1.10/45-202, Lista de Embarque: Repatriados en el vapor Orduña el 13 de Mayo 1939; Alfonso Bello and Pérez Díaz; Baumann; SIDBRINT.