17 April 1961
Playa Giron Field Headquarters
Perez San Roman directs Brigade 2506 field operations from the Playa Giron sector after the landing.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Playa Giron in Cuba. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Perez San Roman directs Brigade 2506 field operations from the Playa Giron sector after the landing.
Cuban forces under Castro's command defeat the remaining Brigade 2506 resistance at the Bay of Pigs.
Navarro lands a C-46 at Playa Giron, unloads badly needed supplies and assists evacuation of wounded personnel.
Perez San Roman urgently requests an aircraft landing with ammunition and evacuation space for wounded brigade members.
Pellon serves as co-pilot on the C-46 that successfully lands supplies at Playa Giron.
Oliva helps organise withdrawing brigade elements as Cuban forces close on the remaining invasion positions.
Provenance
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