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William Alexander Morgan: The improbable story of how a high school dropout, ex-con, ranch hand, gambling enforcer, mafia gunrunner and circus fire eater from Ohio, became one of the top leaders in Castro’s revolutionary army (pops), only to be executed as a traitor after the revolution.
A frog farm? Now I have heard it all.
posted by Halloween Jack at 1:45 PM on December 8, 2008
posted by Halloween Jack at 1:45 PM on December 8, 2008
No, Halloween Jack.
Morgan started using the frog farm’s trucks to take arms to anti-Castro guerrillas in the Escambray mountains.
*Now* you've heard it all.
Great post, mrducts, thanks - an amazing story I knew nothing about. It'd make a great movie. (I'm seeing Brad Pitt shirtless in the jungle...)
posted by mediareport at 2:48 PM on December 8, 2008
Morgan started using the frog farm’s trucks to take arms to anti-Castro guerrillas in the Escambray mountains.
*Now* you've heard it all.
Great post, mrducts, thanks - an amazing story I knew nothing about. It'd make a great movie. (I'm seeing Brad Pitt shirtless in the jungle...)
posted by mediareport at 2:48 PM on December 8, 2008
gambling enforcer, mafia gunrunner
Another example of the CIA-Mafia connection in the US effort to overthrow Castro?
posted by jamjam at 6:34 PM on December 8, 2008
Another example of the CIA-Mafia connection in the US effort to overthrow Castro?
posted by jamjam at 6:34 PM on December 8, 2008
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posted by scarello at 1:07 PM on December 8, 2008