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The Invasion of Grenada, codenamed Operation Urgent Fury, was an invasion of the nation of Grenada ordered by President Ronald Reagan. Grenada is an island in the Caribbean Sea, 100 miles north of Venezuela, and over 1,500 miles south east of the United States. It was invaded by the combined force of troops from the United States (nearly 10,000 troops), Jamaica and members of the Regional Security System (RSS) (approximately 300 troops).

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  • Point Salinas International Airport, Grenada

    Point Salines International Airport, Grenada

  • Eastern Caribbean Defense Force

    Members of the Eastern Caribbean Defense Force

  • Photograph of President Reagan meeting with Congress on the invasion of Grenada in the cabinet room - NARA - 198539

    President Reagan meeting with Congress on the invasion of Grenada in the Cabinet Room, 25 October 1983

  • Grenada Invasion

    Map of invasion plan

  • AH-1S firing cannon Grenada 1983

    A U.S. Army AH-1S Cobra attack helicopter opens fire on an enemy position

  • Op Urgent Fury Invasion Map

    Initial troop invasion areas

  • Explosion2 during Grenada invasion 1983

    Bombardment of Point Calivigny

  • CH46SeaKnight Grenada 1983

    A Marine Corps Sea Knight helicopter sits on the beach after being disabled during the Grand Anse rescue on 26 October 1983

  • Citizens of Grenada-US leaflet

    Leaflet distributed during the invasion by 9th PSYOP Bn

  • M102 howitzers during Operation Urgent Fury

    M102 howitzers of 1st Bn 320th FA, 82D Abn Div firing during battle

  • Urgent fury civilians waiting

    American students waiting to be evacuated from Grenada

  • A-7E over Port Salines airfield Grenada 1983

    A VA-87 A-7E from USS Independence over Port Salines airfield

  • Grenada barracks before and after attack 1983

    Calivigny barracks before and after being bombed

  • GrenadaMemorial

    SGU Campus Memorial

  • US C141 Grenada

    U.S. soldiers in Grenada, 3 November 1983

  • General Thomas M. Ryan Jr. Flying a Lockheed C-130 Hercules

    Commander-in-Chief of The Military Airlift Command General Thomas M. Ryan Jr., piloting a U.S. Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft en route from Barbados to Grenada, November 1983.

  • 82nd Airborne soldiers on Grenada 1983

    U.S. Army soldiers, October 1983

  • US Marines with prisoners Grenada 1983

    U.S. Marines with prisoners

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