A Tale of the Grenada Raiders: Memories in the Idioms of DreamsAn airborne Ranger's memoir of the Grenada invasion, Operation Urgent Fury. On October 25, 1983, Rangers from the 1st and 2d Ranger Battalions parachuted into the teeth of the Cuban defenses on revolutionary Grenada. This account of the combat jump, the battles to seize the airfield at Point Salines, the evacuation of American students at Grand Anse, and a raid against the Cuban barracks at Point Calivigny is told for the first time by a participant. Richly illustrated. Corrected edition. |
Contents
Section 15 | 319 |
Section 16 | 324 |
Section 17 | 343 |
Section 18 | 348 |
Section 19 | 351 |
Section 20 | 354 |
Section 21 | 356 |
Section 22 | 363 |
Section 9 | 224 |
Section 10 | 241 |
Section 11 | 255 |
Section 12 | 286 |
Section 13 | 291 |
Section 14 | 313 |
Section 23 | 364 |
Section 24 | 368 |
Section 25 | 369 |
Section 26 | 372 |
Section 27 | 374 |
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A Tale of the Grenada Raiders: Memories in the Idioms of Dreams Stephen Trujillo Limited preview - 2017 |
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