/internal/media/dispatcher/70907/fullCarlos Fonts Oral History11/27/200064 MinutesHi-8 videotapeOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2000.020.00100Videotaped oral history interview with Carlos Fonts. Currently a Dallas businessman, Mr. Fonts was a Cuban native living in exile in Florida when he joined the Bay of Pigs invasion forces. Fonts survived the unsuccessful invasion of southern Cuba in April 1961 and felt that President Kennedy betrayed the forces by denying crucial air support.
Interview conducted at Mr. Font's office on November 27, 2000 by Bob Porter with Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and four minutes long.
The video attached to this record is an excerpt. The entire interview is available in our Reading Room to on-site researchers or by submitting a Rights & Reproductions Request Form.Oral Histories6347020490Oral historyVideotaped oral history interview with Carlos Fonts. Currently a Dallas businessman, Mr. Fonts was a Cuban native living in exile in Florida when he joined the Bay of Pigs invasion forces. Fonts survived the unsuccessful invasion of southern Cuba in April 1961 and felt that President Kennedy betrayed the forces by denying crucial air support.
Interview conducted at Mr. Font's office on November 27, 2000 by Bob Porter with Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and four minutes long.Bay of PigsCubaOral historiesFonts, CarlosDallasFloridaCubaCuba (OHC)Mr. Fonts is one of five survivors of the Bay of Pigs invasion who have recorded oral histories with The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. - Stephen Fagin, Curator