... Administration and the murky time period during the transition of power to the newly elected president, John F. Kennedy. In late 1958, Castro was still fighting a guerilla war against the corrupt regime of Fulgencio Batista. Before he came to power, there was an incident between his troops and some vacationing American troops from the nearby American naval base at Guantanamo Bay. During ... wide open, the advantage of surprise was lost even this early in the game. After the initial bombing raid of April fifteenth, and the landing of the B-26s in Florida, pictures of the planes were take...

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