The Bay of Pigs Invasion

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President Kennedy receives the Brigade 2506 flag in Miami in Dec. 29, 1962 and declares: "I can assure you that this flag will be returned to this brigade in a free Havana."

 


Giron Beach at the Bay of Pigs



 
 
 
 
 

Frente leaders: l. to r.: Manuel Artime, Jose Perez San Roman, Antonio
Maceo, and Manuel Antonio de Varona.

Martyrs of Brigade 2506
Battle Maps
Brigade 2506 (Miami, Fla.)
Brigade 2506 Monument (Miami, Fla.)
Brigade 2506 Museum (Miami, Fla.)
Bay of Pigs Museum & Library
The National Security Archive

Brigade 2506 Base Trax and Retalhuleu, Guatemala
Nino Diaz Battalion
The sinking of the Houston
Playa Larga
Brigade 2506 landing craft
Brigade 2506 prisoners
Brigade 2506 captured weapons
Brigade 2506 Orange Bowl rally
 

CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY ARMED FORCES
FAR Tanks and Artillery
Revolutionary Air Force
 

AMERICAN PILOTS IN THE INVASION

             Martin B26B Marauder

Brigade 2506 Air Force
Bay of Pigs: The Guatemalan connection
Bay of Pigs Casualty To Be Buried Today
Bay of Pigs pilot honored
Bay of Pigs Pilot's Body Is Identified
Crusading Housewife Strives for Bay of Pigs Closure
Her long vigil ends in a common grave
The Mission
Young Bay of Pigs Pilot Returns To a Long-Delayed Funeral
Wings of Valor (Janet Ray Weininger, President)
Daughter of downed pilot seeks damages from Cuba
Daughter recalls pilot killed in Cuba
Daughter of executed pilot wins big suit against Cuba
Bay of Pigs: the Secret Death of Pete Ray
The good fight: The true story of the Alabama Air Guard and the Bay of Pigs
 

BRIGADE 2506 FLAG
Bay of Pigs Banner Returned to Brigade
Bay of Pigs veterans asking for return of flag given to JFK
Bay of Pigs vets gain in quest of their flag
Bay of Pigs Vets 'Presente' -- But their banner is Not
Brigade’s Request for Flag Is Refused
Cuba Veterans, Irked at Stand by Sen. Kennedy, Want Flag Back
 

PEREZ SAN ROMAN, JOSE

Carta de Jose Perez San Roman a John McMullan, abril 1979
 

PRISONERS
Castro foe reunited with kin (Ricardo Montero Duque)
Cuba frees 3 Bay of Pigs prisoners
Cuba releases last Bay of Pigs prisoner
Free 6 Invaders, he'll implore Castro
Last prisoner from Bay of Pigs to be freed after 25 years today
 

STATISTICS
Statistics of the Brigade 2506 Prisoners sentenced on April 7, 1962
 

PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY

In J.F.K. File, Hidden Illness, Pain and Pills
 

KENNEDY-KHRUSHCHEV SECRET CORRESPONDENCE
Kennedy-Khrushchev Secret Correspondence (1961-1963)
 

N.Y. TIMES ARTICLES (April 1961)
N.Y. Times articles (April 1961)
 

40-YEAR CONFERENCE


Alfredo G. Duran gets a humility lesson from Fidel Castro.


Brigade 2506 participants: Mario Cabello González, Roberto Carballo Díaz,
Alfredo González Durán, José Luis Hernández, Luis N. Tornés García
Biographical Information on U.S. Delegation
A Crabby Conflict at the Bay of Pigs
Académicos de Cuba y EE.UU. analizarán los diversos aspectos de la batalla de Girón
After 40 Years, Bay of Pigs Reunion
Ayer y hoy, la contrarrevolución es el resultado del plan de una potencia extranjera
Bay of Pigs Conference in Cuba
Bay of Pigs Enemies Finally Sit Down Together
The Bay of Pigs Revisited, but Arm in Arm
Brigade ousts 2 for trip to Cuba
Castro, Former Adversaries Meet at Bay of Pigs Forum
C.I.A. Had Ability to Plant Bay of Pigs News, Document Shows
Cold War Adversaries Gather in Cuba
Cold War adversaries gather to discuss Bay of Pigs battle
Comienza hoy Conferencia académica sobre invasión a Girón
Cuba alista reunión de protagonistas de Bahía de Cochinos
Cuba desclasificará documentos que contribuirán a esclarecer la historia de Playa Girón
Cuba Releases Documents on Bay of Pigs Invasion
El plan de la invasión estaba concebido para propiciar la intervención
Former Cold War foes head to Bay of Pigs for last day of conference
Girón: el noticiero de la invasión
In Cuba, ex-rivals recall exile invasion
La Brigada 2506 bota a 2 miembros
La CIA fraguó compromiso de Castro con Moscú
Las 'revelaciones' de Castro son una farsa
McNamara: Bay of Pigs invasion 'dumb'
Moscú amenazó con intervenir en Girón
Old Cold War Foes Go to Bay of Pigs
Reedicion de una victoria
Renuncia el polémico comentarista Rivero al grupo de la Brigada 2506
Revelan que Moscú pudo intervenir en Girón
Reviven actores de ambas partes, sucesos de la batalla de Girón
US - Cuba Relations Still a Hot Debate
Veteranos invasores rechazan el encuentro en Cuba
Vets Return to Bay of Pigs To Remember, Reconcile

Asociacion de Veteranos de Bahia de Chinos (FBI Report, March 13, 1966)
Anatomy of a Failure: The Decision to Land at the Bay of Pigs
The Bay of Pigs (CIA Inspector General Lyman B. Kirkpatrick, Jr.)
The Bay of Pigs Invasion (Study World)
Late Confessions of a Bay of Pigs Soldier
 

1965
Cuban Exile, Skyjacking Suspect, Held For Grand Jury

1966
FBI interview of Juan Jose Peruyero (March 10, 1966)

1973
Gabriel Albuerne Fernandez

1974
The Call to Arms that Never Came

1975
Brigade's Wounds Haven't Healed 14 Years After the Bay of Pigs

1977
Brigade 2506

1983
Learning to Look for Trouble

1986
The Bay of Pigs revisited--25 years later (CIA Agent David Atlee Phillips)
Rusk reflects on Bay of Pigs

1987
New Look at an Old Failure

1991
Andres Vargas Gomez petition for membership in Brigade 2506, Sept. 23, 1991

1996
CLASSIFIED DISASTER (Col. Jack Hawkins)

1997
Site change fatal to invasion

1998
Testimonio que desmiente a la CIA
To Set the Record Straight on Cannibalism
'61 report: Castro ouster would require U.S. military
Presentan un nuevo libro sobre Bahía de Cochinos
Bay of Pigs issues still unanswered
Bay of Pigs survivor: We became cannibals
CIA Inspector General's Report made public in 1998
Excerpts from CIA Inspector General's Report
One last flight for two pilots

1999
Art revisits Bay of Pigs
CIA figure for Bay of Pigs invasion dies
Honran a los mártires de la Brigada 2506

2000
U.S. propaganda war preceded exile landing at Bay of Pigs
Soviets Knew Date of Cuba Attack
Remains of Miami pilots coming home
Guatemalan plantation was base for doomed Cuban invasion

2001
Publican un libro testimonial acerca de Bahía de Cochinos
Recorre el Cuerpo Diplomático escenarios de Playa Girón
Bay of Pigs fiasco spawned anti-Castro plotters
Castro lauds Bay of Pigs veterans
Cuba Is Sued for Execution of American 40 Years Ago (Howard Anderson)
Cuba Marks Bay of Pigs Victory
Family seeks to avenge execution by suing Cuba
40 años de Bahía de Cochinos: los brigadistas no creen que Cuba entregue los restos
40 years after Bay of Pigs, veterans face new battle
Jay Mallin y Bahia de Cochinos
JFK aide puts blame on exiles (Theodore Sorensen)
La Brigada lanza llamado a los militares de la isla
La Gloria es para los que cayeron
Los del 339 resistieron hasta la llegada de los refuerzos
Plotter of Bay of Pigs, Watergate conspirator: 'File and forget' Castro
Victoria pírrica o derrota moral de Estados Unidos en Ginebra

2002
CIA 'Jealousies' Blamed for Bay of Pigs Fiasco

2003
Playa Larga está en nuestro poder

2004
Recuerdan bombardeos a aeropuertos cubanos como preludio a la invasión de Playa Girón
Former Bay of Pigs POW Seeks Cuba Trade
He Brought A Piece Of Cuba With Him

2006
Brigade veterans fear their sacrifice will be forgotten
Bay of Pigs veterans
Ted Kennedy's New Book Hails JFK's Cuba Policy
Bay of Pigs vets mark 45th year of failed Cuba invasion

2007
Invasion vets suing Castro

2008
Bay of Pigs Vets Fight for Home
Former Cuban general's suit tossed
Noblesville man recalls Bay of Pigs Invasion

2009
Presidente Colom se disculpa con Cuba por invasión de Bahía de Cochinos
Guatemala apologizes to Cuba for Bay of Pigs