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

The result was a disaster. "It was a very intense thing. We were under heavy artillery fire, and it continued for 48 straight hours," Bay of Pigs veteran Alfredo Duran told CNN. Raids by the Cuban ...

The failure of the Bay of Pigs invassion in April 1961 was a disaster for the Kennedy administration. It made the young president look weak, and gave fuel to Cold Warriors in both parties who ...