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45 Years On ...
Posted by Bill
It was an American backed plan. La Brigada de Asalto 2506, would invade Cuba and liberate their fellow countrymen from the living nightmare that castro had made of Cuba.... Kennedy's decision not to engage angered many of the Navy trainers who worked with the Brigade before the battle. Four of the trainers decided to go anyway. Their names are Thomas "Pete" Ray, Riley Shamburger, Leo Baker and Wade Gray, and they were officers in the Alabama Air Guard. Against steep odds, they decided to stick with their fellow combatants. All four died on their first missions. More on Pete Ray's mission and Castro's shameful treatment of his remains. Posted by Bill at April 17, 2006 12:35 PM | TrackBack (6) Trackback PingsTrackBack URL for this entry: CommentsCIA was new from the OSS. Kennedy was bad and had these neat ideas for Green Berets and Peace Corps.............. Posted by: erfo at April 17, 2006 04:17 PM Remember also that the site of the invasion was changed to a location which made it much harder to move inland. Another point. I do not recall the admiral talking to the newspapers and radio stations to voice his disquiet at Kennedy's decisions. The CIA was started in 1947. I would sugest that the people in the CIA at that time were mostly experienced people. The CIA didn't cancel the operation, Kennedy did. I read that Kennedy even refused to let small boats go in to take off the surviviors. They fought till they ran out of ammunition. I certainly understand why older Cuban Americans have disdain for Democrats. Posted by: davod at April 17, 2006 05:11 PM Another point. I do not recall the admiral talking to the newspapers and radio stations to voice his disquiet at Kennedy's decisions. This point - also being bandied about with the recent anti-rumsfeld opinions by retired generals - seems a bit off base to me. It is not the place of serving officers in the military to take their superiors to task while serving. Posted by: Bill from INDC at April 17, 2006 05:34 PM Thanks JFK, really swell of you to train guys to retake their country, then bail out at the last second and leave them high and dry. (or low and wet as the case may be.) If you are going to regime change a country, then do it, don't be half-assed about it. Posted by: rbj at April 17, 2006 06:57 PM Bill: My point regarding the Admiral is that he didnt speak out after he retired. It was a long time before the full details were revealed. Posted by: davod at April 17, 2006 09:16 PM Ah, taken. Posted by: Bill from INDC at April 17, 2006 09:51 PM I remember reading Janet Weininger's story in, I believe, Reader's Digest many years ago. Her father was Pete Ray, one of the four US airmen killed in the attack. IIRC he died on the ground defending the rest of his crew against Cuban troops who had come to take them prisoner. 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