Since 1959, officials at the U.S. State Department and the CIA had attempted to remove him. Finally, on April 17, 1961, the CIA launched what its leaders believed would be the definitive strike: a ...

On April 17, 1961, some 1,400 CIA-trained Cuban exiles launched the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in an attempt to topple ...

This week marks 64 years since the 1961 landing of Cuban exiles on the southern shores of their homeland in what was, ultimately, a doomed U.S.-backed operation that still haunts many today.

On April 17, 1961, the CIA-backed Bay of Pigs invasion aiming to overthrow Fidel Castro’s Cuba government began. Poor ...

On the 63rd anniversary of the Bay of Pigs invasion, four Alabama airmen who lost their lives during the mission were honored ...

April 17th marks a day filled with events that have significantly shaped the course of history across various continents and ...

A shot of a young Scott Camil, a Vietnam vet from Florida. He talks about joining the Marines and being sent directly to Vietnam in the early 1960s, his voice catching when he recalls some of the ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has commemorated the anniversary of the Assault Brigade 2506’s (Brigade 2506) involvement in ...