Bay of Pigs Veterans tell their war stories

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  • Опубліковано 18 кві 2011
  • Jose A. Iglesias / El Nuevo Herald Staff

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  • @carolclmcm1214
    @carolclmcm1214 3 роки тому +8

    I can watch history narration films forever but to reach the “guts and feathers” of any event I must hear the tale straight from the mouths of the participants and survivors. It makes history literally come alive, breathing and portraying the events from their perspective. No one else can give that.

    • @chrisbartolotta2187
      @chrisbartolotta2187 3 роки тому +1

      These are mercenaries who helped invade a sovereign nation at the behest of an imperialist nation because they dared to kick out the criminal empire run by Batista and completely supported by the USA. The 2506 brigade was a group full of terrorists (CIA papers acknowledge this fact) and almost all of what these people are saying is a lie

    • @rogerfournier3284
      @rogerfournier3284 Рік тому

      On point: exemplary respected comment.

  • @almastehly1755
    @almastehly1755 4 роки тому +14

    Thank you. I saw my father in your story, and also his lifelong friend Arturo.

  • @atlantait2518
    @atlantait2518 11 місяців тому +2

    This video always brings tears to my eyes.

  • @1776iscool
    @1776iscool 4 роки тому +5

    My grandpa signed up for the Cuban-American army but was too late and got taken to Vietnam. I wish I could visit his homeland!

    • @klarsen100
      @klarsen100 4 роки тому +1

      why cant you?

    • @genericlegionaryrecruit7235
      @genericlegionaryrecruit7235 3 роки тому +1

      @@klarsen100 political tensions between the US and Cuba make it hard for us to visit Cuba even though it's so close to the US :(

    • @klarsen100
      @klarsen100 3 роки тому +2

      @@genericlegionaryrecruit7235 are you american? I am and I visited Cuba in 2019 no problem.

  • @joeldeleon6092
    @joeldeleon6092 3 роки тому +8

    My abuelo was in the bay of pigs

  • @Eddie-ym1vq
    @Eddie-ym1vq 4 роки тому +6

    Cubans of that era have a lot of disdain for JFK. They were told they would have air, naval and ground support and JFK told them to stand down at the last minute

    • @tomapp3608
      @tomapp3608 4 роки тому +2

      this is what the CIA made people believe...actually the Bay of Pigs was meant to be the sumbling block (right term? sorry for my poor english) for young pres Kennedy___He found out, realized their intent, how dangerous & totally out and wanted to dismantle them. He formed the "CUban study group" with DCI Allen Dulles, gen Taylor, admiral Burke & RFK to find out unmistakenly what lead to the failure. Result: Mcgeorge BUndy at the last minute called off the planned airstrike on the remaining cuban jets...There never was air, naval support in the plans (officially USA had nothing to do with it, otherwise it would be an offensive act of war. They wouldn't be able to sell to the world that cuban exiles had navy ships or an air force, so all that had to be taken care of before the invasion) The document is out there for everybody to read, yet somehow (as is most time the case) the fairy tale, false history remains in public memory.
      Col Fletcher Prouty, who worked at that time with the CIA in the pentagon, and prepared briefings for the president, has some great lectures & interviews on that matter

    • @FEARTHEEER1
      @FEARTHEEER1 3 роки тому +2

      ..and that is tragic, because he (JFK) was NOT the cause of the failure. The CIA had backed him into a corner where he could either watch them die, which was gut-wrenching.....or simply start WW 3 with the Soviet Union by supporting the invasion. Some choice, eh?

    • @Eddie-ym1vq
      @Eddie-ym1vq 3 роки тому

      @@FEARTHEEER1
      WW3 might not have happened either. When the Soviets invaded Afghanistan there was no WW3 either

    • @FEARTHEEER1
      @FEARTHEEER1 3 роки тому

      ​@@Eddie-ym1vq Apples to oranges. There's no comparison between Afghanistan and Cuba. We were right on the brink of nuclear war in 1961-62.

    • @Eddie-ym1vq
      @Eddie-ym1vq 3 роки тому +3

      @@FEARTHEEER1
      We were always on the brink of nuclear war until the Soviet Union collapsed.
      I served in USAF from 1983 - 1987 and that was what we constantly trained for

  • @gildaoro
    @gildaoro 8 років тому +6

    Es triste saber que la mayoría de los Cubanos aquí y en Cuba desconocen está triste realidad.

  • @treecebeaast
    @treecebeaast 11 років тому +19

    9:45 is felix rodriguez who ended up executing Che Guevara in Bolivia

    • @charleslennonbaker
      @charleslennonbaker 4 роки тому +1

      If there is anyone in the Cuban community, that recognizes my avatar photo, please let me know. This person lived in Miami and was a career US Army soldier.
      Gracias

    • @newsupermariobrosely7940
      @newsupermariobrosely7940 3 роки тому

      @@charleslennonbaker sorry but I don't know and maybe this guy for your profile could be inside this video because some of the Faces look like him and they have the same white background

    • @charleslennonbaker
      @charleslennonbaker 2 роки тому

      Could you elaborate?

  • @carlos7130
    @carlos7130 2 роки тому +4

    To understand love and smile, you have to be born there ,there are good heart people there filled with lots of love ,Cubans don't want to leave cuba they have no choice, they want to live just like anyone ,they want freedom, God bless cuba

  • @lazarovaldesjr1135
    @lazarovaldesjr1135 3 роки тому +2

    FELIX RODRIGUEZ Code name Lazarus.

  • @54pserra
    @54pserra 11 років тому +19

    To all those who get frustrated with Miami Cubans for remaining so staunchly anti-Castro after all these years - this video goes a long way towards explaining why. Thanks for positing it.

  • @TheSparta3
    @TheSparta3 Місяць тому

    Yo soy Ambrosio Soler Estrada's nieto!

  • @pavelavietor1
    @pavelavietor1 6 років тому +2

    God speed

  • @Jsanc2075
    @Jsanc2075 7 років тому +13

    Let's have another crack at it! Viva Cuba libre! Viva Brigada 2506!

    • @Silver-hg8iz
      @Silver-hg8iz 3 роки тому +2

      Get massacred again while being puppets to the CIA.

    • @GOOCHIElicker
      @GOOCHIElicker 2 роки тому

      @@Silver-hg8iz bingo

  • @luispancich2
    @luispancich2 6 років тому +3

    O desembarque não deu errado lá em ''praia grande e em Girón'', foi em Washington DC que se perdeu a batalha !!

  • @KenshinHimura-eb9bv
    @KenshinHimura-eb9bv 7 років тому +4

    que la democracia I la libertad les bendiga heroes de cuba

  • @Evocati-Augusti
    @Evocati-Augusti 2 роки тому +1

    They obviously didn't read the US protocol in overthrowing leaders of other countries, unknown to them, the plans never included air support or US armed forces. but when the Joint Chiefs and CIA pushed JFK into a corner when they told him they were stuck on the beach and there was a sizable force on its way, he did give a go to the air support,but the Joint chiefs and CIA said it "was a time zone issue" and they arrived an hour late, by that time they were already taken prisoners..

    • @Evocati-Augusti
      @Evocati-Augusti 2 роки тому

      Castro had 234,000 troops..the CIA's idea was that 60% of the country would join the invasion...

    • @rogerfournier3284
      @rogerfournier3284 Рік тому

      On point: exemplary respected comment.

    • @Evocati-Augusti
      @Evocati-Augusti Рік тому

      And it was called Operation Zapata, after the name of George H.W. Bush's oil company ,who made the first jack Rigs(self-elevating unit is a type of mobile platform that consists of a buoyant hull fitted with a number of movable legs, capable of raising its hull over the surface of the sea. The buoyant hull enables transportation of the unit and all attached machinery to a desired location)In 1954, Zapata Offshore, owned by George H. W. Bush ordered the Scorpion. It was designed by R. G. LeTourneau and featured three electro-mechanically-operated lattice type legs. Built on the shores of the Mississippi river by the LeTourneau Company, it was launched in December 1955. The Scorpion was put into operation in May 1956 off Port Aransas, Texas. The second, also designed by LeTourneau, was called Vinegaroon.they were built from a loan from the Bin Laden family.and were used to spy on Cuba.OPERATION ZAPATA (Bay of Pigs, Cuba, 1961)

    • @Evocati-Augusti
      @Evocati-Augusti Рік тому

      Who eles worked on Operation Zapata with George H. W. Bush and the CIA ?Lolo Soetoro,the stepfather of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States. you cant make this sht up..

  • @xxredjayxx
    @xxredjayxx 11 років тому +4

    Hes also CIA

  • @arricammarques1955
    @arricammarques1955 Рік тому +1

    15:45 Heartbreaking to witness. Major respect for these veterans.

  • @leonardoflorentin
    @leonardoflorentin 3 роки тому +2

    Como dice el dicho "así paga el diablo a quien bien lo sirve".

  • @MultiMIRIAAM
    @MultiMIRIAAM 2 роки тому +4

    So, they missed Batista and their plantations with slaves??

    • @Darloss9508
      @Darloss9508 Рік тому +1

      Yeah, what to do with Gusanos

    • @zlayer3170
      @zlayer3170 Рік тому

      Castro’s plantation just have not equal.

  • @tonymeola9702
    @tonymeola9702 3 роки тому +1

    Les mintio la cia a esta gente.

  • @johnnowlan9963
    @johnnowlan9963 11 місяців тому

    Who killed jfk 🤔

  • @jputterman26
    @jputterman26 10 років тому +1

    And they guy at 10:40 must be drunk or a professional liar. He's so full of shit I can smell it.

  • @mexicanusrex9418
    @mexicanusrex9418 5 років тому +6

    ¡Happy aniversario Derrotados y traidores!
    Plaaaaaaaya Giroooooooooon!

  • @leonardoflorentin
    @leonardoflorentin 3 роки тому +2

    Mira que detesto a castro pero escuchar a estos tipos me hace apreciar a castro, verdaderamente pudo haber sido todo de lo que lo acusan pero fue también un guerrero que le pateó el culo a estos y a la CIA, mis respetos a castro por eso.

    • @marckcarbonelloifveteran410
      @marckcarbonelloifveteran410 Рік тому

      Mira desinformador! A quien Le patearon el culo en GRANADA! No fue al genocida Fidel Castro, a los Lamebotas de su G2 y a los cretinos del KGB

    • @leonardoflorentin
      @leonardoflorentin Рік тому

      @@marckcarbonelloifveteran410 Hatsa contando sus historias engrandecen a Fidel, eso más bien habla de lo miserable que fueron ustedes. Fidel un dictador genocida, ustedes unos gusanos cipayos de los Yankees.

    • @marckcarbonelloifveteran410
      @marckcarbonelloifveteran410 Рік тому

      @@leonardoflorentin y ustedes lamebotas, arrastrapanzas, bandejeros que despues de servirle a la genocida dictadura vienen vienes de descarados y falta de verguenza y moral matando el hambre en Miami Porque su podrido regimen ni para alimentarlos tiene. Mi gato y mi perro comen Mejor que todos ustedes y no se arrastran ni le besan las botas a Un genocida tirano! Los únicos mojones son ustedes que se revuelcan en el CAGADERO que hicieron Cuba. Un verdadero CAGADERO. Hasta los cerdos del MININT quieren matar el hambre en Miami. BANDEJEROS!

    • @leonardoflorentin
      @leonardoflorentin Рік тому

      @@marckcarbonelloifveteran410 yo soy de argentina y no me agrada Fidel para nada, lo único que digo es que me genera mil veces más respeto Fidel como guerrero que ustedes cómo cipayos. Y no con eso digo que me agrade Fidel, sino que ustedes son escoria.

  • @thewolfhunter
    @thewolfhunter 2 роки тому +1

    One would think that after all these years in the U.S. they would have learned English.

    • @carlos7130
      @carlos7130 2 роки тому

      I think maybe you should just shut your mouth.

    • @thewolfhunter
      @thewolfhunter 2 роки тому

      @@carlos7130 ,It's a legitimate question so I don't need to shut up.

    • @zlayer3170
      @zlayer3170 Рік тому +1

      We are exiles, not immigrants, the difference been that we just want to go back to take, by the force of arms, what is rightfully ours (our land), we don’t care about a wage slave job or integrating, we have our own culture and we want our own land (private property) back. That’s the difference between an inmigrant and an exiled.

  • @elektra1968
    @elektra1968 Рік тому +2

    VIVA CUBA ✊VIVA FIDEL!