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* The names of Mario Zuniga, Jose Crespo and Lorenzo Perez, the three pilots who landed in Florida, April 15,
1961, had not been released by the government as of the beginning of 1964. In actual fact, the pilots flew back to
Happy Valley in a C-54 on April 16, and participated in the air operations during the invasion. Zuniga survived,
but Crespo and Perez died on April 17. Alfredo Caballero, who had landed on Grand Cayman Island, was flown
to Miami, and then to Retalhuleu, the CIA's Guatemalan air base. Through a mix-up, he remained there until April
19, out of action.
*He had also worked for Bissell in the Marshall Plan from April-September, 1948.
