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<H2 class=post-headline align=center>The Pacific’s Audie Murphy is a Cuban </H2>
<DIV class=post-byline align=center>By </DIV>
<DIV class=post-byline align=center><A
href="http://babalublog.com/author/hfontova/"><FONT color=#03004f>Humberto
Fontova</FONT></A>, on May 23, 2009, at 12:35 pm</DIV>
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height=226 alt="WWII and Bay of Pigs hero Manuel Perez-Garcia"
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<P class=wp-caption-text>WWII and Bay of Pigs hero Manuel Perez-Garcia</P></DIV>
<P>When Japan's ferocious General Tomoyuki Yamashita ("The Tiger of Malaya")
finally emerged from his headquarters on Luzon to surrender he handed his
pistol, samurai sword and battle flag to the nearest U.S. soldier he saw. This
was Cuban born, Manuel Perez-Garcia.</P>
<P>At war's end the 82nd Airborne presented a special trophy to the U.S. soldier
who had racked up the most enemy kills in the Pacific theater. Today that trophy
sits prominently in Miami's Bay of Pigs Museum, donated by the man who won it,
Bay of Pigs veteran and Cuban born, Manuel Perez Garcia. (Who started with the
82nd but fought in the Pacific with the 11th Airborne) The trophy sits alongside
the three purple hearts, three bronze stars and three silver stars Mr
Perez-Garcia earned in the Pacific. </P>
<P>At age 51 Perez-Garcia volunteered for the Bay of Pigs invasion and gave the
Castroites a thrashing as bad as he'd given the Japanese.</P>
<P>Manuel Perez-Garcia still lives in Miami, at age 101, and is active in the
Bay of Pigs Veterans assoc. </P>
<P>Unreal. </P>
<P><STRONG>UPDATE</STRONG> (from the managing editor):</P>
<P>Humberto adds in the comments:</P>
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<P>Upon the Communist invasion of South Korea in June of 1950, Manuel
Perez-Garcia rallied to the U.S. colors again, volunteering for the U.S. army
again at age 41. It took a gracious letter from President Harry Truman himself
to explain that by U.S. law Manuel was slightly overaged but mostly that,
"You, sir, have served well above and beyond your duty to the nation... You've
written a brilliant page in service to this country."</P>
<P>Mr Perez-Garcia's son, Jorge, however was the right age and stepped to the
fore. He joined the U.S. army, made sergeant and died from a hail of Communist
bullets while leading his men in Korea on May 4th 1952. To fight America's
enemies, Mr Perez-Garcia and his son were shipped thousands of miles to
distant continents. When he tried fighting one every bit as rabid and
murderous as Tojo or Kim Il Sung but only 90 miles away--and who had converted
his own homeland into a island prison, a Soviet colony and daily playground
for Che Guevara's firing squads -- he was sold down the river. </P></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV align=center><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD">PENSAMIENTOS
POR SELECCION DE MIGUEL URIA QUE ESTIMAMOS APLICABLE A LA CAUSA QUE NOS
UNE</SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD"><?xml:namespace
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><EM><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>"THEY FOUGHT LIKE
TIGERS!"</FONT></SPAN></B></EM></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Grayston
Lynch</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Veteran of Omaha
Beach, the Bulge, two Silver Stars, a Bronze Star and three Purple
Hearts<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">WE LIVE IN THE LAND OF
THE FREE, <BR>ONLY BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT
color=#000000>"La proporción de nuestras bajas fueron superiores a las
experimentadas por las tropas de los Aliados durante el desembarco de Normandía
en cualquiera de las cuatro playas durante el “D Day”. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT
color=#000000>Mario Martinez Malo</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT
color=#000000></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT
color=#000000><o:p><STRONG><EM>«La guerra se ha de hacer para evitar las
guerras.»<BR></EM></STRONG>José Martí</o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT
color=#000000><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT
color=#000000><o:p>
<TABLE width="80%" align=center border=0>
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<TR>
<TD align=middle><B><I>«La guerra es la ocupación mas lícita que ha
encontrado la humanidad para resolver los grandes problemas»
</I></B><BR>Antonio
Maceo</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B><I><SPAN lang=ES
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: ES"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></I></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B><I><SPAN lang=ES
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: ES">* «Nosotros no le
pedimos que usted vaya a la guerra, solo pedimos su neutralidad, y el
reconocimiento de los derechos de Cuba beligerante» </SPAN></I></B><SPAN lang=ES
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: ES">/ Respuesta de
Horatio S. Rubens, abogado de la Delegación de la República en Armas, en 1897,
al Presidente de USA, William McKinley. </SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=ES
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: ES">*</SPAN><SPAN
lang=ES
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: ES"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><SPAN lang=ES
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: ES">*
"Es necesario restablecer posiciones en Cuba y otros países"
/<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=ES
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: ES">Vladimir
Putin," / August 4, 2008<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=ES
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: ES"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-font-kerning: .5pt; mso-fareast-language: #00FF; mso-bidi-language: #00FF">''Así
como en 1898 fuimos a Cuba a liberarla, vayamos otra vez a rescatar los
prisioneros de guerra...</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-font-kerning: .5pt; mso-fareast-language: #00FF; mso-bidi-language: #00FF">”Barry
Goldwater / May 1961</SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=ES
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: ES"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: ES"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">*
"Appeasement is feeding the dragon hoping he will eat you last." /
Winston Churchill.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN> </P><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"
align=center><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-font-kerning: .5pt; mso-fareast-language: #00FF; mso-bidi-language: #00FF"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">:<B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>¨Si una potencia enemiga está decidida a conquistarnos y a tal fin se
dispone a dedicar todos sus recursos, ese enemigo ya está en guerra con
nosotros; y nosotros –a menos que contemplemos rendirnos-- estamos en guerra con
él. Más aun, --a menos que contemplemos la traición-- nuestro objetivo, igual
que el suyo es la victoria. No la ¨paz¨, sino la victoria.¨<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></B></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"
align=center><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
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size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN>
Barry Goldwater</B></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=ES-TRAD
style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-font-kerning: .5pt; mso-fareast-language: #00FF; mso-bidi-language: #00FF"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B></B></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </P><SPAN
lang=ES-TRAD
style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-font-kerning: .5pt; mso-fareast-language: #00FF; mso-bidi-language: #00FF"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><SPAN lang=ES
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: ES"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><SPAN>* “Help the Cubans to the utmost” counseling his successor
while handing over the reins.“We cannot let Castro's government go
on<STRONG>.”<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>President Dwight D.
Eisenhower</STRONG></SPAN></P><o:p>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #454545; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><SPAN lang=ES
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: ES">*
"Creo que perdonarlos es la función de Dios. Nuestro trabajo es sólo organizar
la reunión." /<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Ret.
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">General
Schwartzkopf </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black"><A
title=http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/38861.html
href="http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/38861.html"></A></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #454545; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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