A Soldier's Return

On August 15, 1974 three tanks, belonging to the Greek Cypriot National Guard, moved up on a hill close to the Swedish field hospital Oasis. Turkish armoured vehicles approached this entrance to Famagusta. After five hours of fire exchange the Greek Cypriot soldiers gave in and asked the Swedish UN troops for shelter. The photo above is taken just as the Greek Cypriots have been gathered outside Oasis. A machine gun is fired 160 yards away, which alert the soldiers. To the right stands my brother Lars-Erik Arvendal. He came back to this spot 22 years after this day when the Turkish army conquered Famagusta. The road, the houses and the camp were still there.