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Guatemala, some say, is a lot like South Vietanm. On June 16, 1954. the U.S. installed Diem in Saigon. Two days later, Col. Castillo Armas invaded Guatemala equipped with 200 trained and outfitted men, four P-47 fighters, two C-47 cargo planes, and U.S. pilots to fly them. Time magazine [July 12, 1954] said America's bill for the invasion was five million dollars. The planes bombed and strafed Puerto Barrios, Puerto San Jose and Guatemala City, the capital. (Eduardo Galeano, Guatemala, Occupied Country, N.Y. 1969, p. 48) The democratically elected government of Argenz, the most popular president...
...This article is the first in a series on Vietanm.--Ed. Note...
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