bay of pigs invasion..
-was unsuccessful attempt by cia trained force exiled cubans to overthrow castro
-april 1960, cia began to recruit anti castro cuban exiles
-this happened until july of 1980
-upseppa island was where the training of these castro cuban's was taking place
-infantry training took place in a cia ran bas known as jamtrax
-the exiles called themselves brigade 2506
-the cia used douglas c-54 transports to take the anti castro cubans to cuba at night from the base located in florida.
-march 11, 1961 castro ally american william alexander morgan was excecuted
house committee of unamerican activities..
-the hollywood ten
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