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

[Yevgeny]

Cold War in Central America during the 80s is a fascinating story. Nicaragua, Guatemala, Salvador... Its remarkable how Soviets got to the very doorstep.

 

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Boxes of Soviet made 7.62 mm ammunition seized during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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A storage room full of military equipment seized during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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A Soviet-made ZU-23 23 mm anti-aircraft gun seized during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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An Israeli made 9 mm UZI submachine gun seized during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Portraits of Ho Chi Minh and Vladimir Ilyich Lenin are among weapons and materiel seized during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Seized weapons on display are: (clockwise from back) Soviet made 82 mm M-36 mortars, 5 Soviet 7.62 mm PK general purpose machine guns, two Bren light machine guns, 7.62 mm ammunition, two AK rifles, an RPG-2 portable rocket launcher, a Mosin-Nagant rifle, a Czechoslovakian made Model-52 7.62 mm rifle and a US made .45 cal. M-3A1 submarine gun.

 

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A Grenadian nurse stands outside the mental hospital that was destroyed by a bombing raid during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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A Grenadian participates in a search for casualties from a mental hospital that was destroyed by a bomb during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Grenadians participating in a search for casualties from a mental hospital that was destroyed by a bomb during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Grenadians participating in a search for casualties from a mental hospital that was destroyed by a bomb during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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A hospital staff member is videotaped as he talks with US military personnel outside the bomb damaged mental hospital during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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A view overlooking St. Georges.

 

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Members of the 82nd Airborne Division walk up a dirt road during Operation URGENT FURY. The soldier on the left is equipped with a field radio and the soldier on the right is armed with an M16A1 rifle.

 

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A US serviceman sits aboard a helicopter in flight as he participates in Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Interior of an office used by the People's Revolutionary Army and their Cuban advisors prior to Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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US servicemen look on as Grenadian civilians walk by, carrying some of their personal belongings, during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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