{"product_id":"wings-of-denial-the-alabama-air-national-guards-covert-role-at-the-bay-of-pigs-paperback-1","title":"Wings of Denial: The Alabama Air National Guard's Covert Role at the Bay of Pigs - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDon Dodd\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWarren Trest\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter nearly four decades of government denial, the deeds of four Alabama Air National Guardsmen who died at the Bay of Pigs in 1961 have been made public and their names memorialized at the CIA's Wall of Honor in Langley, Virginia. Their stories can now be told. The four guardsmen who died flew with a group of Alabama volunteers to secret CIA bases in Guatemala and Nicaragua to train Cuban exiles to fly B-26 bombers in support of the invasion forces. When the small group of exhausted pilots could no longer sustain the air battle, seven Alabama Guardsmen flew with them into combat on the final day of the invasion in a futile attempt to stave off defeat at the embattled beachhead. The body of one of these men, Thomas W. \"Pete\" Ray, remained in Cuba until 1978 where it was frozen as a war trophy and as evidence of U.S. complicity in the failed 1961 invasion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWarren Trest (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e WARREN TREST is a former United States Air Force senior historian. A combat reporter, writer, and air power historian in the Korean, Vietnam, and Cold Wars, he has published numerous articles and authored and coauthored more than 50 histories and studies. His book \u003ci\u003eAir Commando One\u003c\/i\u003e was nominated for the Bancroft Prize for distinguished works in American history. Other recent works include \u003ci\u003eWings of Denial\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNobody But the People\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOnce a Fighter Pilot\u003c\/i\u003e, and the hard-boiled Jake Falcon mystery novels \u003ci\u003eMissing in Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRequiem for a Flower Child\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon Dodd (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e DON DODD is Professor Emeritus of History at Auburn University at Montgomery and the assistant director of the Southern Museum of Flight in Birmingham, Alabama. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.48 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45767258341573,"sku":"9781588380210","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/923zPmJdyF9781588380210_0cdd3c2b-d519-41cf-9633-96a0ba33ebab.webp?v=1770427672","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/wings-of-denial-the-alabama-air-national-guards-covert-role-at-the-bay-of-pigs-paperback-1","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}