The disastrous failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion was all the more embarrassing ... Gore of the Fort Lauderdale News said that in May 1961 the President himself had told a group of seven Florida ...

The first word came from the UPI listening post in Miami. Unknown Speaker: "An invasion force landed in south central Cuba this morning, some 90 miles from Havana, and is fighting its way towards ...

WASHINGTON, April 17, 1961 (UPI) -- Secretary of State Dean ... never planned to provide air cover for the ill-fated Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba.He also told a news conference that continuous ...

The failure of the Bay of Pigs invassion in April 1961 was a disaster for the Kennedy ... in the decision to launch the Bay of Pigs invasion, John Kennedy placed Cuba in the hands of the one ...