The names of the Bay of Pigs and Playa Girón jumped into the international press a little over half a century ago as the scene of one of the most important historical events, always remembered by Cubans.
Those were the times of traveling everywhere in the militia uniform –to study or work centers- and rifles on their shoulders, sometimes more women than men, because they spent weeks and months in the trenches and military training.
On the morning of Saturday, April 15, no one had time to think about the beauty of the sky and the still fresh air that already heralded spring...
The noise of planes painted with the symbols of the nascent Revolutionary Air Force (FAR), explosions and black smoke disturbed and darkened the vicinity of the Ciudad Libertad military airport, at the same time as similar incursions on the San Antonio de los Air Base. Baños and in Santiago de Cuba.
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