bay of pigs

     

For the Unite States invasion at the Bay of Pigs, see Bay of Pigs Invasion.

Trivia about bay of pigs

  • During a visit to Fidel Castro, Barbara's crew became the 1st Americans to cross this bay since 1961
  • That's a Cuban soldier standing on a U.S. B-26 in the aftermath of this failed April 1961 operation
  • In the news in 1961, this bay in the Cuban province of Las Villas is also called Bahia de los Cochinos
  • Diving & snorkeling are popular (between U.S. invasions) at Playa Giron on this bay
  • In April 1961 a CIA-trained force of Cuban exiles landed here in Cuba
  • The Cubans call it Bahia de Cochinos; we call it this
  • In 1962 the U.S agreed to give Cuba $53 million in aid for the release of 1,113 prisoners taken in this invasion
  • Fighters at this Cuban bay in 1961 were ransomed back to the U.S. for $53 million
  • This Caribbean location was headline news on April 17, 1961
  • A bunch of Cuban exiles showed up unannounced here on April 17
  • In Cuba it's called Bahia de Cochinos
  • This invasion occured from April 17-19, 1961
  • In 1961 1,300 Cuban refugees invaded this "porcine" location, but without air cover; oops
  • A monument to this ill-fated 1961 venture stands in the Cuban Memorial Plaza in Miami