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| 1955 | 26th of July Movement Argentina Guevara, Ernesto "Che" |  |
| July Guevara was to be the group's medic, Guevara participates in the military training alongside the other members of the 26J Movement, and at the end of the course, is singled out by their instructor, Col. Alberto Bayo, as the most outstanding pupil |
| 8th July Ra£l Castro introduces Guevara to the older Castro brother, Fidel, during a fervid overnight conversation, Guevara becomes convinced Fidel is the inspirational revolutionary leader for whom he had been searching |
| 1956 | 26th of July Movement Argentina Guevara, Ernesto "Che" | |
| While in Mexico Guevara joins Fidel Castro's revolutionary 26th of July Movement |
| 25th Nov When the cabin cruiser Granma sets out from Tuxpan, Veracruz for Cuba, Guevara is one of only four non-Cubans aboard |
| 1958 | 26th of July Movement Argentina Guevara, Ernesto "Che" | |
| July Guevara is tasked with directing a training camp for new volunteers high in the Sierra Maestra at Minas del Fr¡o, Cuba, one of a number of military schools set up by the 26th of July Movement |
| Dec Santa Clara Guevara directs his "suicide squad" in the attack on Santa Clara that turned out to be one of the decisive events of the Cuban revolution |
| 1959 | Commander Argentina Guevara, Ernesto "Che" | |
| 2nd Jan La Caba¤a Fortress Prison Appointed commander of the La Caba¤a Fortress prison |
| 2nd June Marries Aleida March a Cuban-born member of the 26th of July movement with whom he had been living since late 1958 |
