Why did the Korean War feature few naval battles ?
Promoted to Rear Admiral by President John F. Kennedy , who commanded PT-109 during World War II , Bulkeley was dispatched to command the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba , where he met Cuba 's threat to sever water supplies in response to the Bay of Pigs invasion and other assaults by ordering the installation of desalinization equipment to make the base self-sufficient .