Photos from "Fidel's Cuba: A Revolution in Pictures"
© 1998 Osvaldo and Roberto Salas
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Some freed POWs prepare to board a flight for the United States. In exchange for the anti-communist exiles held captive, the United States agreed to pay $62 million in food and medical supplies to Cuba. The poorly organized mission failed in face of Castro's superior forces and lack of American air support.
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