On November 28, Lt. Col. A. F. Montanaro led 87 officers, 1,550 soldiers and 2,100 carriers in four axes of advance to Arochukwu from Oguta, Akwete, Unwuna and Itu on a counter-insurgency campaign.
In an October 1999 Fortune (magazine) article SURETRADE's president, Donato A. Montanaro claimed that they were rated the #1 broker for aggressive traders and the #2 broker for beginning investors.