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The rescue of the Pendleton survivors is considered one of the most daring rescues in the history of the United States Coast Guard. [6] All four crew of CG-36500 were awarded the Coast Guard's Gold Lifesaving Medal (rather than just the coxswain, the typical treatment). [4] At the time of her loss, Pendleton was insured for $1,690,000. [7]
The first-in-class Sentinel-class cutter, USCGC Bernard C. Webber was named in his honor. [8] She was commissioned on 14 April 2012 at her home port of Miami, Florida. A history of the rescue of the men of Pendleton and Mercer, including Bernard Webber's heroic role in the rescue of the men from the stern of Pendleton, was presented in the 2009 book The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S ...
Eagle Claw (1980) — Attempted rescue of American hostages held in Tehran. Earnest Will (1987–88) — American protection of Kuwaiti oil tankers in the Persian Gulf during the Iran–Iraq War. Eager Glacier (1987–88) — U.S. spy planes gather intelligence about Iran.
A Soviet-made BTR-60PB armored personnel carrier seized by U.S. forces during Operation Urgent Fury. While Scoon was being secured, 12 other operators from SEAL Team Six, under the command of Lt. Donald “Kim” Erskine, flew on to the radio station in a lone Black Hawk helicopter. [7]
On 16 July 2007, the Colombian newsweekly Revista Semana published an online article stating that the International Humanitarian Mission NGO didn't exist, arguing that it was created by the Colombian military for the purposes of carrying out the rescue operation, and that its website used information from a real Barcelona-based organization ...
The Finest Hours is a 2016 American disaster thriller film [7] [8] directed by Craig Gillespie and produced by Walt Disney Pictures.The screenplay, written by Eric Johnson, Scott Silver, and Paul Tamasy, is based on The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue by Michael J. Tougias and Casey Sherman. [9]
Henry Andrews Mucci (March 4, 1909 – April 20, 1997) was a colonel in the United States Army Rangers.In January 1945, during World War II, he led a force of 121 Army Rangers on a mission which rescued 513 survivors of the Bataan Death March from Cabanatuan Prison Camp, despite being heavily outnumbered.
A second Delta mission launched in the early daylight hours of the first day of Operation Urgent Fury in Grenada was to assault Richmond Hill Prison and rescue the political prisoners being held there. Built on the remains of an old eighteenth-century fort, the prison cannot be approached by foot from three sides except through dense jungle ...