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The Bay of Pigs Invasion’s 50th Anniversary Is Today

April 17th, 2011

By Dan Miller It should remind us of the often neglected need for militarily realistic planning of military operations. Sunday, April 17th, is the fiftieth anniversary of the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion. Here is an article about the survivors and about ceremonies planned in their honor in Miami. As noted, For exiles, the men […]

Articles written by Dan Miller
Tags: Bay of Pigs, CIA, Cuba, Eisenhower, invasion, Kennedy, Soviet Union, UN
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I Like Ike

January 5th, 2009

I wrote this post a couple years ago as part of an autobiography I’m working on. Current news out of the Middle East reminded me how a president a long time ago addressed a crisis in that region and other hot-button military issues. My hero when I was growing up was Dwight D. Eisenhower. His nickname was so famous, that’s all he had to put on […]

Articles written by Jan Barry
Tags: Eisenhower
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