ABSTRACT
The Cuban revolutionaries had succeeded in overthrowing President and General Fulgencio Batista. Ergo, it would be possible to overthrow Generalissimo Rafael Leonidas Trujillo on the nearby Dominican Republic, too. Or so thought Castro and cohorts. In June 1959 they launched an air and sea invasion of the country. It was quickly defeated by Trujillo’s forces. This did not deter Castro, nor did the assassination of Trujillo. Cuba’s subversive efforts continued, and eventually led to American military intervention in April 1965. Mallin covered the U.S. action, and on one occasion was caught in a rebel ambush with troopers from the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division. The following is a chapter from Caribbean Crisis, published in 1965.
