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Stranded at Bay of Pigs

STORY BY: Faythe Lohnes
YEAR: 1961
LOCATION: Playa Giron, Cuba

Faythe thought everyone loved John F. Kennedy. She then met her brother-in-law's father, who was in the US Air Force, and a survivor of the Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba. He hates John F. Kennedy for stranding him and his comrades on the beach in the failed coup. Thanks for sharing, Faythe.

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