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runway from white stripe and paint second white stripe same measurements as first. Teegen [Thorsrud] will explain specialized B-26 training program on arrival. 86/ The request to paint the white stripes on the runway was a result of decisions made in Washington, one aspect of which called for B-26's to land on an air strip at the invasion site "in Cuba -- an air strip which, at best was just over 4,000 feet in length.* In describing the training activity at MADD for the short field landings, Billy Campbell noted that one means of encouraging the Cuban B-26 pilots to land within the white stripes was a promise of a tour of guard duty for those who after touching down, failed to stop their roll in the interval between the two stripes. 87/** * It is interesting that one of the arguments used when the operational plan was changed from the Trinidad site to the Bay of Pigs was that the B-26's would not be able to operate from the 4,000' asphalt runway at Trinidad. ** In an oral interview, Mr. Campbell indicated that the tour of guard duty was without parachute attached. Recalling the somewhat wistful nature of Mr. Campbell's comment on this subject, one suspects that perhaps in his cadet days in the Army Air Force, Mr. Campbell had pulled similar duty -- but with parachute attached. The 4,000 foot landing roll was shorter than the 4,500 foot roll for a loaded B-26 (over a 50' obstacle). See Appendix 2. - 156 -