![]() Guns laid in rows were ready to be in stalled in choppers. In the hangar bay, ammunition stacked to the overhead and machine Joseph Metcalf III, and his staff studied the plan for Operation 24 the helicopters had trouble lifting the pallets as theĭown in the flag spaces, the operational commander, Vice Admiral Pilots were flying in unfavorable winds on that dark night of USS Manitowoc (LST-1180), USS Fort Snelling (LSD-30)Īnd USS Trenton (LPD-14). Of the Marine amphibious group-USS Barnstable County (LST-1197), stagedĪmmunition for vertical replenishment to the other four ships On board USS Guam (LPH-9), flag ship of Amphibious Squadronįour, Aviation Ordnanceman Third Class George Boucher Jr. citizens, neutralize any resistance, stabilize the Of the US Navy ships told what the mission in Grenada would be-toĮvacuate U.S. Not until about 40 hours before H-hour were commanding officers Was Urgent Fury, a multinational, multiservice effort. Threat and called upon the United States for help. EasternĬaribbean nations fully understood the implication of the communist To utilize the former British colony as a holding place for armsĪnd military equipment, complete with a major airport. Government knew the value of Grenada's location when it decided When governments consider strategic military locations. But size is not necessarily the determining factor Windward chain, has an area of only 133 square miles. Hemisphere and one of the southernmost Caribbean islands in the ![]() Grenada, one of the smallest independent nations in the Western WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060 Grenada, Operation Urgent Fury (23 External links, forms, and search boxes may not function within this collection.ĭEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY - NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTERĨ05 KIDDER BREESE SE - WASHINGTON NAVY YARD It is now a Federal record managed by the National Archives and Records Administration. This web site was copied prior to January 20, 2005.
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