TLS signed “Robert Kennedy,” one page, 7.5 x 10, Office of the Attorney General letterhead, January 29, 1963. Letter to John Shepherd of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, in full: “I want to thank you for the work which you did in connection with the return of the Cuban Prisoners of Brigade 2506 on December 23 and 24. I appreciate how difficult it was for you not to be with your family at Christmas. But it was your unselfish devotion and dedication to your job which, combined with the efforts of many others, made it possible for these brave men to be with their families and relatives on Christmas after twenty months of suffering in prison.” Handsomely matted and framed to an overall size of 12.75 x 15.25. In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope.
Brigade 2506 was a CIA-sponsored group of Cuban exiles that carried out the abortive Bay of Pigs Invasion landings in Cuba on April 17, 1961. About 1,334 men traveled on a seaborne force from Guatemala, of which about 1,297 landed in Cuba, plus an additional 177 airborne paratroops. An estimated 114 drowned or were killed in action, and 1,183 were captured, tried, and imprisoned. Private sympathizers in the United States eventually negotiated to give $53 million worth of food and medicine in exchange for the release and repatriation of Brigade prisoners to Miami starting on December 23, 1962. On December 29, 1962, President John F. Kennedy hosted a 'welcome back' ceremony for captured Brigade 2506 veterans at the Orange Bowl in Miami.
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