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

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US military personnel set up a field radio inside a building at Point Salines airport during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Members of the 63rd Security Police Squadron sit outside the partially built terminal at Point Salines Airport during Operation Urgent Fury. One man is armed with an M-16A1 rifle.

 

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A member of the 82nd Airborne Division operates equipment to offload fuel from a C-130 Hercules aircraft during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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A fuel hose is connected to C-130 Hercules aircraft to offload fuel during Operation Urgent Fury.

 

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Members of the 82nd Airborne Division offload fuel from a C-130 Hercules aircraft during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General John W. Vessey Jr., on the island to observe Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General John W. Vessey Jr., on the island to observe Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General John W. Vessey Jr., (center), tours the island to get a first-hand look at Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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A wounded U.S. serviceman is transferred to a waiting CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter for medical evacuation during Operation Urgent Fury.

 

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A CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter hovers above the ground near a Soviet ZU-23 anti-aircraft weapon prior to picking it up during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Soviet recoilless rifles and ammunition seized by U.S. military personnel during Operation Urgent Fury.

 

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A Soviet ZU-23 anti-aircraft weapon seized by U.S. military personnel during Operation Urgent Fury.

 

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A silhouetted view of 82nd Airborne troops boarding a C-141B Starlifter aircraft during Operation URGENT FURY

 

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A box containing Soviet hand grenades and shells seized by U.S. military personnel during Operation Urgent Fury.

 

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Soviet communications equipment seized by US military personnel during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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US military personnel board a C-141B Starlifter aircraft at Point Salines Airport during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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US military personnel board a C-141B Starlifter aircraft at Point Salines Airport during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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An audiovisual crew video-tapes the arrival of dignitaries visiting the island during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Members of the 82nd Airborne Division board a C-141B Starlifter aircraft during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Members of the 82nd Airborne Division board a C-141B Starlifter aircraft during Operation URGENT FURY.