Sixty years ago this week, Cuban exiles trained and supplied by the United States landed at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the Communist dictatorship of Fidel Castro.

The Bay of Pigs, in contrast, was surrounded by impenetrable ... the vastly outnumbered brigade heroically held off Castro’s soldiers, artillery, and tanks—always with one eye toward the ...

Fifty years ago Sunday, a brigade of around 1,500 CIA-trained soldiers stormed the beach in Cuba's Bay of Pigs. It was the opening phase of a secret mission to overthrow Fidel Castro and ...

Cuban soldiers stand over the body of a CIA-trained fighter who participated in the ill-fated Bay of Pigs invasion [Getty Images] One of the CIA’s main ships, the Houston, was in flames off the ...

Faced with a bold challenge to its very existence, Castro's young government sent a hastily mustered defense force that included many who weren't even soldiers ... at the Bay of Pigs solidified ...

Victory for Cuba came on Playa Giron, a strip of gorgeous, palm-dotted coastline on the Bahia de Cochinos, or Bay of Pigs. While exiles ... white photograph of exile soldiers taken prisoner ...

Soldiers refused to allow them to speak beyond ... Like all the members of Brigade 2506 — the name of the Bay of Pigs troops — he was born in Cuba and residing in the United States.

Ahead Of Bay Of Pigs, Fears Of Communism Fifty years ago today, a brigade of around 1,500 CIA-trained soldiers stormed the beach in Cuba's Bay of Pigs. It was the opening phase of a secret mission ...

WASHINGTON — The last soldier imprisoned by the Cuban government for taking part in the Bay of Pigs invasion will be freed and allowed to enter the United States, Sen. Edward Kennedy ...

These soldiers took part in the failed 1961 attack located in Cuba's Bay of Pigs, which was meant to catalyze an uprising in an attempt to overthrow the Cuban government of Castro, according to ...

Most of the invaders had loved-ones among the above. Modern history records few soldiers with the burning morale of the Bay of Pigs freedom-fighters. From the lethal fury of the attack and the ...