Invasion of Grenada
Amphibious Squadron Four USS Guam, USS Barnstable County, USS Manitowoc, USS Fort Snelling, USS Trenton
Independence Task Group USS Independence, USS Richmond K. Turner, USS Coontz, USS Caron, USS Moosbrugger, USS Clifton Sprague, USS Suribachi with the Invasion Tactical Planning conducted by Commander Timothy J. Coughlin and the Air Staff of the USS Independence
In addition, the following ships supported naval operations: USS America, USS Aquila, USS Aubrey Fitch, USS Briscoe, USS Portsmouth, USS Recovery, USS Saipan, USS Sampson, USS Samuel Eliot Morison, USS Taurus (PHM-3) and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Chase.
Caribbean Peace Force (CPF)
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Notes
- ^ Ronald H. Cole, 1997, Operation Urgent Fury: The Planning and Execution of Joint Operations in Grenada 12 October - 2 November 1983 Joint History Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Washington, DC, p.6, p.26, p. 62.] (Retrieved November 9, 2006).
- ^ Cole, op. cit., p.6, 62
- ^ Cole, op. cit., p.6, 62
- ^ Gailey, Phil; Warren Weaver Jr. "Briefing", New York Times, 26 March 1983. Retrieved on 2008-03-11.
- ^ Cole, op. cit., p.1, 57
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- ^ Cole, op. cit., p. 6, 62
- ^ a b c d Magnuson, Ed (November 21), “Getting Back to Normal”, Time, <http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,926318-1,00.html>
- ^ http://www.fpif.org/pdf/papers/SRgrenada2003.pdf
- ^ United Nations Yearbook, Volume 37, 1983, Department of Public Information, United Nations, New York
- ^ Cole, op. cit., p. 50
- ^ Reagan, Ronald (1990). An American Life page 454.
- ^ Thatcher, Margaret (1993) The Downing Street Years page 331.
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- Grenada - a 1984 comic book about the invasion written by the CIA.
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