The name of Marshal of the Soviet Union Dmitry Timofeevich Yazov needs no introduction. By the will of fate, he was destined to become the last Minister of Defense of the USSR, a great power of a great era. Dmitry Timofeevich walked the fiery roads of the Great Patriotic War, honestly served his Motherland in all positions that were entrusted to him. In September 1962, the 400th motorized rifle regiment of Yazov was secretly transferred to Cuba and was there from September 1962 to October 1963 in combat readiness to repel the invasion of US troops on the island. This book is a personal memoir of an eyewitness to events that went down in history as the Caribbean crisis.