Giron place
also: Gateron, Guarón, Girona
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Cubacountry · 3Fidel Castroperson · 2Covadongaplace · 2Playa Largaplace · 2Brigade 2506organization · 1John F. Kennedyperson · 1Pepe San Romanperson · 1
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▶ 48:33
The parachute drop of the 1st Battalion was successful. These men took up positions to block Castro's reinforcement near Covadonga, the sugar plantation in, let's see, the main landing occurred at a resort area, Giron, G-I-R-O-N, called Blu…
▶ 50:22
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…
▶ 54:00
The exiles had been driven back from the Central Australian designated place and also the Playa Larga place, and the Cuban tanks were moving down the road to Guarón. The paratroop roadblocks near Covadonga on the opposite flank of the bridg…
▶ 12:10
The failures in Cuba contributed to a change of emphasis, and yet the shift was in the wind before the first parties of frogmen stepped ashore at Giron. It was propelled by the alteration in views held at the top. President Kennedy had resp…