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So the reason that the Bay of Pigs failed was that the original promise made by Eisenhower was not kept by the subsequent Administration. It allowed hostile air to wipe out the approaching invasion force.

E. Howard Hunt

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E. Howard Hunt
Age: 88 †
Born: 1918
Born: October 9
Died: 2007
Died: January 23
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