This Government will do everything it possibly can, and I think it can meet its responsibilities, to make sure that there are no Americans involved in any actions inside Cuba.
So said President Kennedy just five days before the Bay of Pigs invasion. But some Americans did participate in that invasion—and the deaths of four U.S. flyers made belated headlines last week.
The case of the four flyers was brought up by Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen, who for weeks had been conducting a personal investigation, and now revealed some of the details. Democratic...
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