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

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Members of the Eastern Caribbean Defense Force prepare a high explosive for use during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Two members of the People's Revolutionary Army are escorted to a holding area during Operation URGENT FURY. The serviceman escorting them is carrying a seized Soviet made AK-47 assault rifle (with folding butt).

 

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Soviet made sighting equipment seized during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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A view of Richmond Hill Prison.

 

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Marines on patrol in the town of Grenville during Operation URGENT FURY. They are armed with M16A1 rifles.

 

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Soviet made AK-47 assault rifles seized during Operation URGENT FURY piled beside a wooden box. On the top of the pile is the barrel attachment to a 7.62 mm machine gun.

 

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A left underside view of an AH-1 Sea Cobra helicopter in flight during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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US military personnel, armed with an M224 60 mm lightweight company mortar, participate in Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Cuban prisoners stand in line along a runway as they prepare for their departure from the island. The Cubans were captured by a multinational force during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Students are hurried off a CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter during the rescue Operation URGENT FURY. The students will transfer to a C-141 Starlifter aircraft for the trip to the United States.

 

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Happy students await the arrival of the C-141 Starlifter aircraft that will transport them to the United States during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Happy students await the arrival of the C-141 Starlifter aircraft that will transport them to the United States during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Students walk across an airstrip during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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A view of a detention compound for Cuban nationals captured during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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A view of a detention compound for Cuban nationals captured during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Marines advance past two CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Marines engaged in Operation URGENT FURY advance along a road. In the distance a UH-1 Iroquois helicopter and military vehicles are visible.

 

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Marines engaged in Operation URGENT FURY run to a waiting CH-46 helicopter.

 

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A left front view of a parked CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter being used in Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Members of the 82nd Airborne Division stand guard as medical students wait for the arrival of the C-141 Starlifter aircraft that will transport them to the United States during Operation URGENT FURY.