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Ode to the Sixth Battalion: The Road with No Name
This is the penultimate or next-to-last installment of my series of blog posts in honor of my late father, Francisco Guerra, a veteran of Brigade 2506, Sixth Battalion. Tuesday, 18 April (D-Day +1) The brave men of the Brigade were … Continue reading
Ode to the Sixth Battalion: The Battle of the Rotunda
This is part 3 of my series of blog posts in honor of my late father, Francisco Guerra, a veteran of Brigade 2506, Sixth Battalion. End of Invasion Day (Night of 17 April) and Start of Invasion Day Two (Late … Continue reading
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Ode to the Sixth Battalion: The Beachhead
This is part 2 of my series of blog posts in honor of my late father, Francisco Guerra, a veteran of Brigade 2506, Sixth Battalion. Invasion Day, Afternoon of 17 April As I mentioned in my previous post, the Sixth … Continue reading
Ode to the Sixth Battalion: Pre-invasion Preparations and Landing at Playa Girón
As I have mentioned previously, I recently discovered that my late father, Francisco Guerra, was a veteran of the legendary Brigada de Asalto 2506. He joined the Brigade in early 1961 at the age of 18, was assigned serial number … Continue reading
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Homenaje a la Brigada 2506
As I have mentioned in some of my previous posts (see here, here, and here), I recently learned that my late father, Francisco Guerra, was a veteran of the legendary Brigada de Asalto 2506, an idealistic group of mostly young … Continue reading
Who betrayed the men of Brigade 2506?
“As time went by …, the exile community realized that the one true chance they had to overthrow the dictator and ensure democracy in Cuba had been on the beaches of the Bay of Pigs in April 1961. The image … Continue reading
Why the Bay of Pigs still matters
“Until April 1961, the United States had never lost a war, and above all had never deserted a friend.” –Grayston Lynch, Decision for disaster: betrayal at the Bay of Pigs (2000), p. 26 In other words, before the USA lost … Continue reading
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Goodbye Dad
Yesterday (15 May) was my father’s burial. As I mentioned previously (see here), he was a veteran of the heroic Assault Brigade 2506, which fought to liberate Cuba in April 1961. I will have more to say about the Brigade … Continue reading
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