Something was seriously wrong with Bobby Joe Keesee well before the soldier tried to defect to Cuba and North Vietnam. Although it might not have seemed like it when he…
In 2016, American and Canadian embassy workers in Havana, Cuba, began reporting sudden cases of chronic headaches, ringing in the ears, vertigo and nausea, among other symptoms of illness. From…
Being a pilot affords people under communist rule a unique escape opportunity. Flying an aircraft can make the journey to asylum in a Western country easier than evading ground patrols…
In terms of global influence and prestige, The Bay of Pigs is one of the most unanticipated events to befall America since the British attacked the White House in 1812….
He was one of the top officers in World War II, an expert in submarine and aviation combat, and a veteran of three wars. And Ernest J. King got his start by lobbying for a ship assignment during the Spanish-American War while the rest of his freshme…
They served in battles on the Great Plains, Cuba, Mexico, the Philippines and France. They fought the Native Americans, protected American pioneers, took on ranchers to protect farmers, battled with Pancho Villa, protected our southern border, charg…
On March 24, 1977, the United States and Cuba engaged in direct negotiations for the first time since 1961. During the escalation of the Cold War in the 50s and…
Most people these days are familiar with the image of Che Guevara, the Cuban guerrilla and later military leader who helped Fidel Castro and Cuban communists take over the island…
In 2006, BBC’s Channel 4 aired a documentary film called, “638 Ways to Kill Castro” which detailed the more complex and outright bizarre ways the American Central Intelligence Agency attempted…
On Oct. 22, 1962, President John F. Kennedy announced a blockade of Cuba during the Missile Crisis. After the failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961 and the…