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BRIGADE 2506
(Ms. SALAZAR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
Ms. SALAZAR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs invasion; specifically, to honor the men of Assault Brigade 2506.
Mr. Speaker, over 1,400 selfless men--many of which were only teenagers at the time--volunteered to save the island of Cuba on April 17, 1961 from communism.
Mr. Speaker, 114 brigaders and 4 American soldiers were killed in action by the brutal Castro regime; while thousands of others waiting on the island for these freedom fighters were arrested, killed by a firing squad, or sent into exile, including my grandmother.
For my Miami exile community that I represent, these are our moral points of reference, our heroes, and are reminders of how the Cuban people continue to suffer under a ruthless communist dictatorship led by the Castro brothers.
Mr. Speaker, I am proud to join Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart in introducing a bipartisan resolution honoring the brigaders. I urge my colleagues in Congress to cosponsor our resolution to join us in our fight for freedom, democracy, and human rights in the only communist bastion in the Western Hemisphere, the island of Cuba.
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 65
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