Everybody called him " Pope " . That was his last name . I was a grown man before I knew he had a first name . After my father's funeral , we were sitting at the table at my Mom's house drinking coffee . The TV was on and there was some kind of news story about Cuba and Castro . Nobody was paying any attention to it but apparently Pope saw it . I always knew that Pope had been a Navy diver , but apparently there was a lot more to that story . While watching the news story Pope told us that during the Bay of Pigs invasion he had gone ashore with a UDT team . Their mission was to locate Castro and take him out if ordered . He said they basically had him in the crosshairs but the order never came obviously .
There was so much going on that day and I didn't get to discuss it any more with him . I'll bet it was a fascinating story .
There was so much going on that day and I didn't get to discuss it any more with him . I'll bet it was a fascinating story .