The Bay Of Pigs

IN EARLY 1961, PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY GAVE THE GO-AHEAD TO AN EXISTING PLAN FOR CUBAN EXILES TO RETURN TO OVERTHROW FIDEL CASTRO`S COMMUNIST REGIME. WHILE THE CIA HELPED IN THE PLANNING STAGES, THE ATTEMPT WOULD NOT BE ASSISTED BY ANY US ARMED FORCES. ON THE NIGHT OF APRIL 16, 1961, A FORCE OF 1,400 EXILES, KNOWN AS 2506 BRIGADE, LANDED AT THE BAY OF PIGS ON THE SOUTH COAST OF CUBA.