On the anniversary of the Bay of
Pigs invasion, Granma takes note
of “the first big defeat of the empire” and runs an interview
with pilot Enrique Carreras Rolas, who went on to attain the rank of
General. In El
Nuevo Herald, veteran Julio
González-Rebull recalls his comrades in the invading force – “heroes, martyrs
at times forgotten by many” – and reflects:
“What
a deep pain we feel when we know that communist Cuba has tagged us as
mercenaries and even here in our exile capital, Miami, indoctrinated recent
arrivals – after all that is what they were taught since childhood – and others
of bad faith, have to have it explained to them who we were, who we are, and
why we went to the invasion.”
In Diario
de Cuba, Diego Trinidad writes a thorough history of the plan and the
operation, wherein President Kennedy thoroughly betrayed a force that the
United States recruited, trained, and sent into battle.
Today the landing site is a peaceful stretch of beach. In the surrounding area there’s a museum and
many monuments to Cuban police, reservists, and soldiers who died in battle.
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