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For three days the men of Brigade 2506 had fought a relentless battle against Cuba's communist forces in an attempt to break Castro's stranglehold on their beloved country. By the third day of nonstop battle, the situation was nearing the end for the Free Cuban expeditionary force. Short of ammunition, and lacking the promised American tactical support, brigade members sensed that the end was near. Though the outcome was no longer in doubt, they fought on bravely hoping for the promised American military intervention that never came. "I am destroying all my equipment," said the Free Cuban commander in his last radio transmission to American naval vessels standing off the ...