1965 Civil War: 400 U.S. Marines?

[À bientôt]

400? What's up, DR1 news? 400? What about la ochenta y dos de paracaidismo?

[A.Hidalgo]

How about adding an additional 20,000 plus to that total.

[À bientôt]

And by some accounts (NYT's Tad Szulc), more like 42,000.

[bachata]

Originally Posted by À bientôt

And by some accounts (NYT's Tad Szulc), more like 42,000.

That is the right number.

JJ

[Mr. Lu]

The 400 was in reference to the initial deployment, not the final number.



Mr. Lu

[A.Hidalgo]

Originally Posted by À bientôt

And by some accounts (NYT's Tad Szulc), more like 42,000.

You are correctoooo....talk about shock and awe 60's style.

[Frank the Tank]

What is the point of this thread?

[À bientôt]

OK, mod, I guess Rush hasn't told you about the DR1 news article regarding las tropas americanas durante la revolución del '65?

The number given was right... give or take 41,600. But what do we know? We're not 'General Stuff' mods.

[Hillbilly]

That was a reference to the 82nd Airbourne...

There were never 42000 troops here, and 20,000 is a stretch.. You weren't there, I wuz...

Overwhelming? Yes. Efficient? Yes. But I would need to see the US Records of deployment to believe those figures. When that book was written theauthor did not have access...

Did it work>? Within the context of the 1960s Cold War...yes...a leftist-leaning. liberal takeover with ties to Castro and Moscow was avoided...Was it good for the country? Who can say...

Whoever took over the government would have to deal with Police and military that were Trujillo born and bred....Certainly not something easy to take on no matter what the political persuasion...

HB

[À bientôt]

Originally Posted by Hillbilly

That was a reference to the 82nd Airbourne...

There were never 42000 troops here, and 20,000 is a stretch.. You weren't there, I wuz...

Overwhelming? Yes. Efficient? Yes. But I would need to see the US Records of deployment to believe those figures. When that book was written theauthor did not have access...

Did it work>? Within the context of the 1960s Cold War...yes...a leftist-leaning. liberal takeover with ties to Castro and Moscow was avoided...Was it good for the country? Who can say...

Whoever took over the government would have to deal with Police and military that were Trujillo born and bred....Certainly not something easy to take on no matter what the political persuasion...

HB

You once said "no one knocks on doors any longer," regarding U.S. elections, and now you said, "You weren't there..."

Wrong on both counts, señor.

The author, Tad Szulc, one of MANY reporters, was there, as well. And Szulc was not the only one saying so.