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Bay of Pigs Invasion

Slaughter of the Lost Battalion

Sunday Apr 16, 1961 at 02:30:00 PM
Cuba

At 2:30 pm a group of militiamen from the 339th Battalion set up a position, which came under attack from the brigadista M41 Walker Bulldog tanks, who inflicted heavy losses on the defenders. This action is remembered in Cuba as the "Slaughter of the Lost Battalion" as most of the militiamen perished.


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