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  2. Bay of Pigs Invasion - Wikipedia

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    The Bay of Pigs Invasion (Spanish: Invasión de Bahía de Cochinos, sometimes called Invasión de Playa Girón or Batalla de Playa Girón after the Playa Girón) was a failed military landing operation on the southwestern coast of Cuba in April 1961 by the United States of America and the Cuban Democratic Revolutionary Front (DRF), consisting ...

  3. List of the lengths of United States participation in wars

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    19.9 years (19 years, 10 months) 2: ... Bay of Pigs Invasion: 1961-04-19: 1 day [c] ... United States military casualties of war;

  4. United States military casualties of war - Wikipedia

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    Bay of Pigs Invasion: 1961 5 20 [62] 25 [63] 25 [64] Cuban Missile Crisis: 1962 1 19 20 20 [57] Dominican Civil War: ... Years Deaths Deaths per day U.S. population in

  5. Pig War (1859) - Wikipedia

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    Vancouver's 1798 map, showing some confusion in the vicinity of southeastern Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands, and Haro Strait. The Pig War was a confrontation in 1859 between the United States and the United Kingdom over the British–U.S. border in the San Juan Islands, between Vancouver Island (present-day Canada) and the Washington Territory (present-day State of Washington).

  6. Military history of Cuba - Wikipedia

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    Counter-attack by Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces during the Bay of Pigs Invasion The Bay of Pigs Invasion (known as La Batalla de Girón in Cuba), was an unsuccessful attempt by a U.S.-trained force of Cuban exiles to invade southern Cuba with support from U.S. armed forces to overthrow the Cuban government of Fidel Castro.

  7. Enrique Ruíz-Williams - Wikipedia

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    Enrique (Harry) Ruíz-Williams was a Cuban-born exile living in the United States who was second in command of the heavy weapons battalion of Brigade 2506 during the Bay of Pigs Invasion. [1] During the invasion, Williams unsuccessfully attempted a point-blank range assassination of Fidel Castro. [2]

  8. White House completes $50 million upgrade to famed ... - AOL

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    The Situation Room dates from the aftermath of the 1961 Bay of Pigs drama, when President John Kennedy concluded the White House needed a central location to monitor world events.

  9. Richard M. Bissell Jr. - Wikipedia

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    Richard Mervin Bissell Jr. (September 18, 1909 – February 7, 1994) was an American Central Intelligence Agency officer responsible for major projects such as the U-2 spy plane and the Bay of Pigs Invasion. He is seen as one of the most important spymasters in CIA history. [3]