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DURING THIS TIME, BUSH HAD MOVED TO HOUSTON, TEXAS. HIS WIFE WAS, OF COURSE, BARBARA. HIS OIL COMPANY WAS ZAPATA OFF SHORE CO. (WHICH HE NAMED AFTER A COMMUNIST MEXICAN REVOLUTIONARY WHO WOULD INVADE TOWNS AND MURDER EVERY MAN, WOMAN, AND CHILD. BUSH ALSO NAMED AN EARLIER OIL COMPANY AFTER ZAPATA, A QUESTIONABLE CHOICE FOR A HERO). THE CODE NAME FOR THE BAY OF PIGS INVASION WAS OPERATION ZAPATA. A FORMER HIGH-RANKING PENTAGON OFFICIAL, COL. FLETCHER PROUTY, WAS THE MAN WHO SECURED TWO NAVY SHIPS FOR THE OPERATION. THE SHIPS WERE GIVEN THE NEW NAMES HOUSTON AND BARBARA.