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Maps given to some members of the invasion force had their landing strips drawn by hand. [86] Reagan attempted to use the invasion of Grenada to end Vietnam Syndrome, a term used in reference to the American public's aversion to overseas conflicts that resulted from the Vietnam War.
On the first day of Operation Urgent Fury, A-7 Corsairs from the USS Independence (CV-62) attacked enemy command posts at the Fort Frederick and Fort Rupert areas. The Corsairs lacked any maps or ground indication of their target, which caused them to mistakenly bomb the Richmond Hill Mental Hospital, a 183-patient mental hospital near the forts.
On 25 October 1983, the vanguard of 7,600 troops from the United States, and 350 from the Caribbean Peace Force, invaded Grenada, encountering resistance from the People's Revolutionary Army. On the morning before the invasion, the PRAF mustered a permanent force of 463 men, supplemented by 257 militia and 58 untrained NJM party members. [11]
Operation Urgent Fury lasted for about 50 days on the island of Grenada in 1983, but wasn't without losses. 82nd Airborne Division veterans remember Grenada invasion 40 years later Skip to main ...
The invasion of Grenada, codenamed Operation Urgent Fury, was launched on 25 October: President Reagan cited, among his motivations, the protection of the thousand American citizens who were in Grenada, and the need to restore the law and the order after the takeover of the "leftist gangsters".
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During the invasion of Grenada, the 2nd conducted a low-level parachute assault (500 feet), seized the airfield at Point Salines, rescued American citizens at the True Blue Medical Campus, and conducted air assault operations to eliminate pockets of resistance.