Warfare Operation Urgent Fury (The Invasion of Grenada, 1983)

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A wooden box containing Soviet ammunition magazines, seized by US military personnel during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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A Soviet rifle seized by US military personnel during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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A cache of weapons seized by US military personnel during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Some communist literature, including a photograph of Cuban President Fidel Castro, seized by US military personnel during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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The interior of a warehouse where Soviet weapons and ammunition were found by US military personnel during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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American students walk toward an aircraft as they are evacuated from the island by US military personnel during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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A CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter hovers above a Soviet M-53 anti-aircraft machine gun prior to picking it up during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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US military personnel involved in Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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American students wave to U.S. military personnel as they walk toward the airport during Operation Fury.

 

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Two Bren light machine guns seized by US military personnel during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Boxes of explosives seized by US military personnel during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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A right side view of a Marine CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter in use during Operation Urgent Fury.

 

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A right front view of a C-130 Hercules aircraft in use during Operation Urgent Fury.

 

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A medic applies a band-aid to the leg of a Grenadian child during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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US military personnel, armed with M16A1 rifles, lay concertina wire during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Soviet weapons and materiel are loaded aboard a C-130 Hercules aircraft during Operation URGENT FURY. The airport was temporarily named Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Douglas, in memory of a Marine sergeant major who was killed in Beirut, Lebanon.

 

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US military personnel, armed with M16A1 rifles, observe a C-141 Starlifter aircraft upon its arrival to evacuate American students during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General John W. Vessey Jr. is accompanied by Major General Edward L. Trobaugh, Commanding General, 82nd Airborne Division, as he tours the island during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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A cache of seized Soviet weapons is transported across a road by US military during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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An Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9) during Operation URGENT FURY.