That evening President Ronald Reagan gave his final approval for Operation Urgent Fury— the American invasion not of Lebanon but of Grenada. Two battalions of elite U.S. Army Rangers had ...

Heartbreak Ridge may look like just another Clint Eastwood war drama, but it was actually one of his most controversial films ...

The invasion of Grenada had just begun, and the U.S. assault troops were in trouble. American transport aircraft dropped a company of U.S. 75th Rangers onto the runway at Port Salines Airport ...

In October 1983, the United States led a surprise invasion of Grenada, citing the need to rescue American students and restore order after a violent Marxist coup. Operation Urgent Fury saw U.S ...

The operation, which proved successful, led to stability in Grenada and free elections. The day the U.S. invasion started now stands as a national holiday in Grenada — "Thanksgiving Day ...

The appalling debacle of the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba – a secret plan ... and airborne soldiers invaded the tiny island of Grenada in an action which, again, had not been authorised by ...

NEW YORK — Paul Scoon, who vaulted from the mainly ceremonial post of governor general of Grenada to the role of power broker when the United States invaded his Caribbean nation in 1983 ...