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

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A member of the 82nd Airborne Division, armed with an M16A1 rifle, stands guard as civilians wait on the flight line to board an aircraft during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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A Libyan diplomat is transferred from a bus to an aircraft for expulsion from the island during Operation URGENT FURY. The Libyans acted as advisors to the People's Revolutionary Army.

 

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Members of the Eastern Caribbean Defense Force participating in Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Flight operations take place aboard the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9) off the coast of Grenada during Operation URGENT FURY. Visible on the flight deck is a UH-1N Iroquois helicopter and a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter.

 

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Flight operations take place aboard the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9) off the coast of Grenada during Operation URGENT FURY. Visible on the flight deck are two UH-1N Iroquois helicopters, a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter and a CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter.

 

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Cuban nationals sit in a holding area awaiting their departure from the island during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Cuban nationals sit in a holding area awaiting their departure from the island during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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A doctor talks with members of the 82nd Airborne Division inside a holding area where Cuban nationals are awaiting their departure from the island during Operation URGENT FURY. One of the soldiers is armed with an M16A1 rifle.

 

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Cuban nationals sit in a holding area awaiting their departure from the island during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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A member of the 82nd Airborne Division stands beside stacks of Soviet made 23 mm anti-aircraft gun ammunition seized during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Writing on the side of a box seized during Operation URGENT FURY describes the contents as being Soviet made 7.62 mm ammunition.

 

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A member of the 82nd Airborne Division stands beside stacks of Soviet made 7.62 mm ammunition seized during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Stacks of Soviet make 7.62 mm ammunition seized during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Stacks of Soviet make 7.62 mm ammunition seized during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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A box top with the words "Oficina Economica Cubana" on it leans against a box containing 7.62 mm ammunition seized during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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A Soviet made AK-47 assault rifle seized during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Soviet made 82 mm mortars and an SPG-9 recoilless rifle, right, seized during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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A right underside view of a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) as it lands during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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A US serviceman, armed with an M16A1 rifle, stands inside a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter as it lands during Operation URGENT FURY. Visible to the left is a .30 -caliber Browning machine gun mounted on the helicopter.

 

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US military personnel display Soviet made AK-47 rifles and a Czech-made Model-52 7.62 mm light machine gun, right, seized during Operation URGENT FURY.