EXPLANATION
OF
THE BOP NAME LIST
Please read the following before proceeding to the list
of names...
THERE IS NO COMPLETE LIST of the veterans of the Bay of
Pigs in the
public domain. All printed lists have SPELLING
ERRORS and are NOT COMPLETE. This list is an attempt
at completeness, while at the same time, grouping all
other lists with their spelling variations.
The area known as "Bayo de Cochinos" is NOT translated
properly into "Bay of Pigs". The correct translation
should read, the "Bay of the Cochinos Fish". There is a
fish known in Cuba as the "cochino" fish.
This list of the Veterans of the Bay of Pigs Invasion
includes members of those who landed on the beach at
"Playa Giron", Naval personnel, Air Force personnel,
members of Operation-40, members of the "Second Wave"
which never left Florida, members of certain "Infiltration
Teams", members of "Higinio 'Nino' Diaz Ane's Commando
Team", the Cuban Revolutionary Council, CRC, certain
Americans who participated in support efforts, and others
as noted.
(Complete information on each individual is not given in
this list, only the names and one or two references. For
more information on any listed name may be available
by EMAIL )
DEFINITION AND EXPLANATION:
"R" NUMBERS following the name refer to both the name
and the annotation.
AVBC is the FBI acronym for La ASOCIACION de
VETERANOS de BAHIA de COCHINOS, (The Bay of Pigs Veterans
Association 2506 Brigade).
"UNIQUE" after a reference indicates only one source
listed this name.
NAMES, spelling of:
Names in ( ) are not listed in the given
reference; they are spellings given in other references.
This was done to group like names that have different or
erroneous spellings.
Names in " " are aka's or nicknames.
SLASH "/ " after a name, followed by a similar name,
indicates different
spellings in the same reference, such as: LAGO/ LAGE or
PENA/PENAS.
In most cases, the SIR NAME that appears first should be the
correct spelling, or the most used spelling.
de and de la These are placed at the end of a
name. For FELIPE de DIEGO-ADAY,
the entry would be...DIEGO ADAY, Felipe de
[ ] Any item in brackets is a note of the
author
and not from any reference.
FIRST NAMES used as last names: ALBERTO, ALFONSO,
ALLEN, ANGEL, CESAR, CONCEPCION, DOMINGO,
ELIAS, GIL, ISRAEL, JORGE, JUAN,
JULIEN, LUIS, MARTIN, MARTY, MAXWELL, MIGHEL, ORLANDO,
PASCUAL, PEDRO (PEYDRO),
RAMON, REINALDO, REYNALDO, SALVADOR, SANTIAGO, SANTOS,
SEGUNDO, SIMON, SIXTO.
FALSE NAMES Some captured members of the Brigade gave
false names to Castro. The " - " and " y "
between last names are not listed.
GENERAL is sometimes used as a first name.
DR., GEN., MAJ. or other title is added at the
end of a name with 2 hyphens such as
follows: GARCIA MOLINA, Pedro--Dr.
Maria is a man's common middle name. Irene is
used as a man's first name .
KEY TO ANNOTATIONS:
The names of the Bay of Pigs veterans, who were captured and
held for ransom, were taken from the CASTRO INDICTMENT of
these men (R-709). The datum is listed here in the
following order: 1) Occupation 2) age 3) marital status 4)
place of birth. The occupations are "Americanized" as
much as possible. The most difficult is "Empleado"
which translated to "employee", but is given here as
"clerk". The word "Obrero", meaning laborer is the
counterpart. (One is inside work, the other outside
work.) Some men had two occupations; due to space,
only one is listed.
COA= Cooperativa de Omnibus Aliados, a private bus company.
PDR= The province of Pinar del Rio. When Pinar del Rio is
used alone it
is most probably the city. (This is true also for
Camaguey and Matanzas.)
HABANA= is the city.
HAVANA= is the province.
All places of birth are in Cuba unless noted.
NMS= NO MARITAL STATUS given
(This ref. Also gives names of parents and sometimes added
information.)
LIST OF REFERENCES:
R-501 Book. The Assassinations by Peter Dale Scott,
1976
R-502 Book. The CIA-Mafia Connection by Ashman,
1975.
R-537 Book. Traicion 1961, by Leovigildo Ruiz, 1972,
Lorie Book Store
R-625 Confidential Source.
R-702 Book. The Fish is Red by Hinckle and Turner,
1981
R-705 Giron newspaper Oct-Dec 1962, pub by AVBC.
R-706 Giron newspaper Apr 1975, pub by AVBC.
R-707 Giron magazine Apr 1986, pub by AVBC.
R-708 Giron newspaper Jan 1988, pub by AVBC.
R-709 Book. La Sentencia Brigada de Asalto
2506, Castillo del Principe. No publication
information. Legal size publication of a copy
of the Cuban indictment of the Bay of Pigs Prisoners.
R-710 Publication called "Cuba Democratica"
containing lists
of 2506 personnel at Finca Homestead, Navy, UDT units, and a
general
list of BOP participants. (R-723 says this is the
"Bible".) [ to view gifs of this ref ]
R-711 Wall Street Journal Reporter.
R-712 Rolling Stone magazine May 20, 1976 "The
Hughes-Nixon-Lansky Connection" by Howard Kohn, p45.
Operation-40.
R-713 List of 28 groups of men sent to training camps
from 1
Jul 1960 to 17 Feb 1961. Origin unknown. Copied
at the Brigade
Museum. Looks like part of a FOIA release.
R-714 Book. Assassination On Embassy Row by
Dinges, 1980.
R-715 Book. The Cuban Invasion by Tad Szulc,
1962
R-716 Book. Coup D Etat In America by Canfield,
1975
R-717 Telephone Interview with Eduardo Whitehouse,
2506 Air Force
R-718 Telephone Interview with Sebastian Aguirre,
(father was OP-40).
R-719 Book. Operacion Puma by Eduardo Ferrer 2nd ed
1/10/76.
R-720 Member of the five man 1962 CIA-Congo
Operation.
R-721 CBS NEWS reporter.
R-722 Oscar Medina former member of one of the
Operation-40 groups.
R-723 Armando L. Calderin Blanco, former president of
AVBC who purported to know every AVBC member from memory,
whether living or dead and has demonstrated such ability.
(He, sadly, is now deceased)
R-724 A letter dated 8 Feb 1961 signed by Felipe
Rodriguez, CIA Chief, listing the leaders and men of "la
COMPANIA DE INTELIGENCIA Y RECONOCIMIENTO"
(Operacion-40)[Operation-40]. This letter also has
added names and information
as to member status of death, prison. (Letter obtained from
Brigade Headquarters.)
R-725 Raul de la Torre member of Operation-40.
R-726 Confidential source who was a member of
Operation-40 and later CIA.
R-727 Ignacio Novo Sampol, 24 Feb 1989.
R-728 Member of the "Underground" in Cuba at the time
of the
invasion.
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