Bay of pigs

Bay of Pigs

By lacydawn32
  • Fidel Castro's first post revolution trip to Washington

    Fidel Castro's first post revolution trip to Washington

    On Fidel Castro's first post revolution trip to Washington he meet with Vice President Nixion for about 3 1/2 hours.
  • Ambassador Bonsal meets with Fidel Castro in Cuba

    Ambassador Bonsal meets with Fidel Castro in Cuba

    They express their serious concern at the treatment being given to American private intrest in Cuba.
  • Memorandum to President Eisenhower

    Memorandum to President Eisenhower

    In a memorandum to President Eisenhower, Christian Herter describes the changing policy towards Cuba.
  • Bomb Dropped on Urban District

    Bomb Dropped on Urban District

    A plane drops four one-hundred pound bombs on the urban district of Cojimar y Regla in Havana
  • A plane trying to bomb the central España, Matanzas province

    A plane trying to bomb the central España, Matanzas province

    Bomb explodes in mid air; The pilot is identified as Robert Ellis Frost, an American who carries a U.S. military identification card.
  • Cuban forces bring down a Piper Apache plane

    Cuban forces bring down a Piper Apache plane

    near Mariel killing the pilot, a U.S. citizen named Matthew Edward Duke.
  • Internal resistance forces set fire

    Internal resistance forces set fire

    Internal resistance forces set fire simultaneously to different cane plantations around Havana
  • Howard Hunt visits operation headquarters in Coral Gables, Florida

    Howard Hunt visits operation headquarters in Coral Gables, Florida

    There he meets an assistant to Phillips who is in charge of field propaganda work, and is dispensing CIA subsidies to several Cuban exile newspapers.
  • Operating in Escambray

    Operating in Escambray

    Cuban militias capture a total of 112 contra forces, including a U.S. citizen.
  • A plane coming from the U.S.

    A plane coming from the U.S.

    Drops a heavy load of arms by parachute in Escambray.