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4. (Sort of) Off Topic: Operation Mongoose
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The Bay of Pigs, the Vietnam War, the US plans to rapture Cuba-- all this and more on today's (Sort of) Off Topic episode!
Sources:
- “Operation Mongoose: The Story of America’s Efforts to Overthrow Castro, and how they helped seal America’s fate in Vietnam” by Max Boot
- This Day in History: April 17, 1961. “The Bay of Pigs Begins” History.com
- “Fidel Castro” on History.com
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