Veterans Mark the 65th Anniversary of the Bay of Pigs Invasion With a New Museum in Miami
Cătălin Roșioru
MIAMI (AP) — Manuel Portuondo was still a teenager in 1960 when his family, like thousands of others, fled Cuba for Miami, following the culmination of the Cuban Revolution a year earlier. Soon after, while still attending school, Portuondo learned of a military force of Cuban refugees being organized by the United States government. He and several classmates decided to enlist. “As an 18-year-old with a lot of ideals and a big heart, I wanted to be back in my country and be free and be able to
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