Alumnus Who Participated In Bay Of Pigs Mission Featured In Newspaper
The Bangor Daily News marked the 50th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs mission to Cuba with a story about Houlton, Maine, attorney Torrey Sylvester. According to the story, Sylvester graduated from UMaine on June 1, 1959, and joined the U.S. Navy the next day. He was a gunnery officer on board the USS Conway, which escorted a ship carrying Cuban rebels seeking to overthrow the government. Sylvester helped search Cuban beaches for survivors of the failed coup.
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