In this memoir Julio A. Mestre recounts the events of the Bay of Pigs Invasion (1961) at Playa GirĂ³n, Cuba. Mestre fought along with the CIA-sponsored group Brigade 2506 of which most of its members were captured and imprisoned
In this press release, President Truman announced that he was committing American forces to a combined United Nations military effort in Korea. The decision was made after war broke out along the 38th parallel on June 25, 1950. On that day, North…