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

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The pilot and co-pilot man the controls of a UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter while transporting troops to the island during Operation URGENT FURY. (Substandard image)

 

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Gunners man the window-mounted M-60D machine guns of a UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Members of the 82nd Airborne Division are transported by UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter during Operation URGENT FURY. Gunners man the window-mounted M60D machine guns on each side of the helicopter.

 

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A radio operator makes notes while on duty in a communications bunker during Operation URGENT FURY. (Substandard image)

 

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A US serviceman receives medical attention at an aid station during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Members of 307th Engineer Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, use a metal detector to search for a suspected weapons cache during Operation URGENT FURY. (Substandard image)

 

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A member of the 82nd Airborne Division stands next to a poster of Cuban revolutionary Che Guevera mounted on a wall inside an office at the Frequente Supply Depot, where a large cache of weapons was seized during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Pallets of C-rations provide backrests for field radio operators during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Major General Edward L. Trobaugh (in uniform), third from left), commander, 82nd Airborne Division, escorts a group of VIPs on a tour of a prisoner of war compound during Operation URGENT FURY. Members of the news media record the event. (Substandard image)

 

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Major General Edward L. Trobaugh (in uniform), third from left), commander, 82nd Airborne Division, escorts a group of VIPs on a tour of a prisoner of war compound during Operation URGENT FURY. Members of the news media record the event. (Substandard image)

 

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Members of the 82nd Airborne Division exit from a C-141B Starlifter aircraft upon their return to the states. They are returning to home base after deployment to Grenada during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Secretary of the Army John O. Marsh Jr., greets the first members of the 82nd Airborne Division to return from deployment to Grenada during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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The first group of the 82nd Airborne Division soldiers to return from deployment to Grenada during Operation URGENT FURY exits from a C-141B Starlifter aircraft.

 

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An arrival ceremony is held on the flight line for members of the 82nd Airborne Division who have just returned after deployment to Grenada during Operation URGENT FURY. Family members and friends look on.

 

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A color guard participates in an arrival ceremony for the first group of 82nd Airborne Division soldiers to return to the states after deployment to Grenada during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Major General Edward L. Trobaugh, commander, 82nd Airborne Division, is greeted by Sergeant Major Tommie McKoy, command sergeant major, 82nd Airborne Division, upon Trobaugh's return to the states after deployment to Grenada during Operation URGENT FURY

 

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Secretary of the Army John O. Marsh Jr. speaks during an arrival ceremony for the first contingent of the 82nd Airborne Division to return to the states after deployment to Grenada during Operation URGENT FURY. (Substandard image)

 

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Family members and friends wait to greet members of the 82nd Airborne Division who are returning to the states after deployment to Grenada during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Members of the 82nd Airborne Division aboard a heavily loaded M151 light vehicle prepare to depart for Grenada during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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A Soviet-made BTR-60PB armored personnel carrier seized by US forces during Operation URGENT FURY.