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S2 Episode 5 - "Fish Is Red"

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The Myth of the Second Air Strike by Fidel Castro

Kennedy canceled the second air strike, which was intended to take out the rest of Fidel Castro's Air Force. The myth is that Kennedy had wanted to overthrow a government, but he wanted to have it done quietly. One of the best accounts of how Cuban exile militants in their American compatriots felt about Kennedy's decision comes from Captain Eduardo B. Ferrer.

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