This old fighter plane sits outside the museum at Playa Giron or as many know it "the Bay of Pigs." This battle is viewed with great pride by many cubans and certainly by Castro himself. It was a military, foreign policy, and economic disaster for the United States. There are stories and relics of each of those martyrs who gave their lives at the  battle. It is creepy to see the bloody shirt of a teenager, but unfortunately that is the nature of war. Adjacent to this plane there sits the ruins and twisted remains of an American fighter plane shot down in the battle. It was shortly after this ill fated attempt to overthrow Castro and his regime that he decided to align Cuba with the Soviet Union. It is of interest that while there were many Communists involved in the revolution, Castro was not one of them and was resistant to many of their ideas. As the US condemns Castro for his brutality nothing is said about the brutality and oppressive nature of Batista and Machado who were cruel dictators acting as representatives of the US political and moneyed interests. It is of interest who gets to be labeled cruel, evil, and war criminal in these fracases.