title: Brigade 2506: Young, Idealistic, and anti-Castro
abstract: My research is a continuation of a History 699 project that I completed last spring. The topic that I am studying is Brigade 2506, the group of Cuban exiles who carried out the Bay of Pigs Invasion. During the course of this year, I have continued to read books pertaining to the Bay of Pigs as well as conducting two interviews with Bay of Pigs veteran Dr. Mario Abril. Dr. Abril revealed that exile participation was largely based on the threat of a communist government under Fidel Castro. Dr. Abr
journal: The Knowledge Bank (The Ohio State University)