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The Invasion of Grenada, a Caribbean island nation with a population of
about 100,000 people, was codenamed Operation Urgent Fury. Grenada's Prime
Minister had been executed during a military coup and the island was thrown
into chaos and hundreds of American citizens were stranded.
On 25 October 1983, U.S. Army Rangers jumped into Grenada to
restore civil order and rescue American medical students at
St. George's University.
The Red Devils arrived two days later
It was only a matter of days before the Peoples' Republican Army
had surrendered and Cuban soldiers building an
airstrip on
the island were expelled.
The 1/508 remained as a peacekeeping force and returned on 11
November 1983 to Ft. Bragg, NC. Most of these photos were taken the
day before departure.
(all photos courtesy of Paul E. Tague) |
Grenada Operation Urgent Fury
Alpha Company 1-508,
10 Nov 1983
(all are unidentified) |
Special Delivery
the elements of the 82nd ABN Div were brought in by USAF C-141
Starlifters |
Company CP
was established in this small building which may have been someone's
home |
First Sergeant
wears a wet towel on his head to avoid heat prostration. Another
man to his left does the same. |
 Company
C.O.
(with open shirt) chats with a trooper |
LTC Herbert Shaw, Jr.
relaxes in the shade of his porch, shirtless and shoeless, to beat the heat.
He had the nickname of
“Pac-man” |
 CSM
Forsyth
patrols in his commo Jeep |
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