31st Michigan at war
In 1898, these soldiers were photographed in the tent of the 31st Michigan Infantry’s adjutant while deployed to Cuba during the Spanish-American War. The 31st was...
A fleet destroyed
During the Spanish-American War, the Spanish Caribbean Fleet left its protected harbor at Santiago, Cuba, at 9:35 a.m. on July 3, 1898. Lt. Thomas Kearny aboard the...
Abandoned base
This photograph of Medium Range Ballistic Missile (MRBM) Launch Site Two at San Cristobal, Cuba, was taken on November 1, 1962, four days after Soviet Premier Nikita...
Cuba, 1962
During the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962, the United States and the Soviet Union stood on the brink of nuclear war. While insisting that the Soviet Union...
Cuban airfields
President John F. Kennedy used this map in his Cuban Missile Crisis meetings, September 1962 to October 1962 to show aircraft locations in Cuba.
Defending Cuba's skies
These Cuban soldiers were photographed in 1962 next to their four-barrel anti-aircraft guns during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Dismantled, November 1962
This photograph captures the dismantling of a Soviet military base on Cuba on November 1, 1962. After a naval blockade of the island nation, the Soviet Union...