Army Chief of Staff under President Eisenhower and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Kennedy Administration, General Maxwell Taylor joined with other hardliners in advocating a surprise military air strike. However, he had his doubts about getting “our feet in that deep mud of Cuba” and believed a costly invasion should be a last resort.
Photo from National Archives. Item from Collection LBJ-WHPO: White House Photo Office Collection, 11/22/1963 - 01/20/1969. ARC Identifier 192553.