Brigade 2506 operation

“That was involved in the Bay of Pigs, and they did all kinds of other things because we know Felix Rodriguez was in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras. They were over in Angola, all over. Okay, so he starts off in Victoria, Texas. His dad was…”

“went into the CIA. He was one of only two CIA officers who actually commanded the Brigade 2506. Now, you guys remember what the Brigade 2506 is? The CIA-sponsored group of Cuban exiles, one of which was Felix Rodriguez.…”

“In memory of him, the Cubans adopted the unit designation Brigade 2506 because he was recruit number 2506. San Roman remained in command of a force that eventually totaled about 1,400. The brigade was organized into six small battalions and…”

“They're too stupid to plan a covert operation and then blame JFK for being a novice. At this point, Richard Bissell was called. Oh, let's see. All right. So moving on. Now it was all up to Brigade 2506. The fleet of four ships and two landi…”

“About half of the Air Force was destroyed, but almost immediately the plan started unraveling because the CIA cover story fell apart, which was what we learned in the other books. The exile planes detailed for this purpose reached Florida a…”

“at the head of the Bay of Pigs and almost 30 miles by road from Gateron. There, the troops of the 2nd Battalion got ashore in good order. The Brigade 2506 impaired communications, however, it was hours before Red Beach was able to get in to…”

“For training, a total reinforcement available later was about 500 outside of the original group. They had arms for 4,000. Finally, there was an exile air force that was under the command of Major Manuel Villafano. The air group numbered abo…”

“that they will melt away from Castro and I share their confidence. The brigade is more heavily armed and better equipped in many respects than even U.S. infantry units because they got all the money they want to spend on it. The men have re…”

“had also been chartered. And remember, the Garcia Shipping Company is the company that we learned in the other book that was stationed in New Orleans. That was the only shipping company left leaving America that was going down to Cuba and b…”

“Jose Rayol Verona Gonzalez, a Cuban exile and intelligence officer for Brigade 2506. You know, Felix Rodriguez's hangout. He was part of the ultra secretive Operation 40, a CIA counterintelligence unit of exiles tasked with assassinations.…”

“to inform the Cuban exile politicians, which if you recall in the other book, they basically kidnapped because they weren't allowed to talk to anyone about anything from that point forward without the approval or a script from the CIA. But …”

“which was to have withdrawn, was still in place off the beaches. That was when Castro's Air Force made its contribution. Two strikes at 6.30 and 9 a.m. Sea Flurry aircraft sank the ships Houston and the Rio Escondido. The former…”

“President Kennedy came closer than ever to intervention. There was intermittent overflights by American jets. On Wednesday, the 19th, the destroyers closed in toward the shore with orders to take the survivors out. 22 more survived a sailbo…”

“Everybody that was involved in that. Brigade 2506 had no real chance. On the second day, Pepe Sen Roman's troops were driven back on all fronts. The Cuban pilots of the Air Force were also demoralized after losing two of their planes on the…”

“defining the scope of and restrictions of the U.S. Navy support for the invasion. By mid-February, it was apparent that Operation Pluto could not make the planned invasion date of March 5th. The operation was delayed for a month. The Guatem…”

“the Americans candidate for the top command, resigned the post to reenlist as a private. So he went from commander to the bottom of the heap. During the crisis, the Americans asked the Cubans to turn in their weapons because they were afrai…”

“itself was not mounted from Guatemala, but from a port in Nicaragua, code named Trampoline. Can't make this shit up. The Rebel Navy began to assemble there at the beginning of April, starting with the CIA's two LCIs called the Blagger and B…”