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  Bay of Pigs, Part Two, The Boys from Birmingham Training the Cuban Exile Pilots

August 14, 2023

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  Who were the Alabama Air National Guardsmen and what was their role in the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in April 1961? After the decision was made to invade Cuba and remove Castro, anti-Castro Cuban exiles were trained to do the invasion and fighting and make it seem as it was totally a […]

Bay of Pigs, Part Three, The Boys from Birmingham

August 11, 2023

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Who were some of the veterans and what was their story from the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in April, 1961 at the Bay of Pigs? Joe Shannon who we met in an earlier column on the Bay of Pigs was a veteran of the Second World War. He began flying in Birmingham […]

The Bay of Pigs, 1961, Part 1

June 29, 2023

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This is number three or four of historical tidbits we’ve done recently on the history of Latin America for our Northport Gazette readers. If you were ever students of mine at UA—1972-2013—and took some of my Latin American history courses, you might be excused from this column. Or if you forgot, keep on reading. And […]

The Bay of Pigs, 1961, Part 1

June 27, 2023

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This is number three or four of historical tidbits we’ve done recently on the history of Latin America for our Northport Gazette readers. If you were ever students of mine at UA—1972-2013—and took some of my Latin American history courses, you might be excused from this column. Or if you forgot, keep on reading. And […]