as VP Pence mentioned:
“I’m very grateful to be in the land of freedom.” ~ Ramon Conte Hernandez 1986
Cuba Releases Last Prisoner From Bay of Pigs Invasion
OCT. 19, 198612 AM
ASSOCIATED PRESS
MIAMI — The last of the 1,200 men imprisoned in Cuba for the abortive Bay of Pigs invasion a quarter-century ago arrived Saturday in Miami, saying he would “continue to be a soldier of freedom.”'
Ramon Conte Hernandez, 56, hugged his wife, Hilda, and other family members who greeted him at Miami International Airport on a flight from Havana. He was accompanied on the flight by his 82-year-old mother, Maria Hernandez Ojeda.
''“I’m very grateful to be in the land of freedom,” '' Conte said through an interpreter. “I thank the Americans for all they’ve done, and I’ll continue to be a soldier of freedom here and everywhere.”
Conte, who fled Fidel Castro’s revolution in 1959, was one of 1,200 Cuban exiles captured in the CIA-backed invasion on April 17, 1961.
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https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-10-19-mn-6234-story.html