"Rangers Lead The Way!" - Grenada Parachute Assault 1983 

Mark usually does do atomic era

Same here...

Relatively modern my friend

Roger that. I was 27 then. How time flies eh.

what do you mean? I was alive when this happened too.... oooooh. well crap.

Mine too

Agreed

It's always super interesting and informative content, also great stuff to fall asleep to.

Yes!

Now it's just UFOs

The Canadian History channel just shows sword making. Endlessly. Awful.

Yerp, His role voice was made for .mil history.

@@janetyeoman1544 ...far more interesting than the usual "reality" shite....

Wait: Aren't you posting this on every video?

May god send him heaven.😞

Not many made both jumps, Grenada and Panama. RIP, RLTW.

The cause wasnt so just. Bush sr sells cocaine

Your cousin was a war criminal

@@tommyvercetti9925 don't shot at people if you don't want to get shot at, especially if it's other people's country

Didn't a navy seal Make that call to The states..

John Burns Hi John, you just make too much sense so unfortunately your info will be wasted on the American audience. I had two American Company Commanders in 3 Para, one was from the Rangers, the other from their Airborne, both whinged at our small chutes, the amount of gear they had to carry and the lack of vehicles. You can bet our Brigade was glad that we did not have to go into Granada using the Americans transport and communications. If those Cubans were anything like the ones in Angola, the Yanks were welcome to that fight! Harera

Childs play when you consider what the British had to deal with in the Falklands. Imagine having a 8,000 mile supply chain, had to split your taskforce to reclaim two islands from an enemy with Naval and air cover, similar equipment, entrenched defenses, outnumber you AND they know you are coming! Still a good operation by the Americans.

yeah, a Brigade TOC was strafed by an A7 because of that.

@@johnburns4017 fight they weren't expecting?

And everyone clapped...

Bless you, brother. RLTW

Nice seeing fellow starship troopers fan

I remember watching it on the news, when they interviewed an elderly lady from Granada on her porch, all she would say was : "God bless America, God bless America!"

My father was 3rd bat in 84’

youre a slave

Juan Shaft Patel I know

Ok, but let's be honest with ourselves here. There is a very large amount of historical subject matter in the world to cover, and naturally not much time delegated towards teaching it high-school (for example). Most people only have 1-2 hour history classes along with every other class they take in public schools. With this said, in my public high-school, they went over the 1983 Invasion of Grenada albeit briefly, more so as a foot-note. Often when I see these types of comments, I am amazed as they actually do teach much of which people claim they do not, and in *public school systems* no less. Which brings me to another facet, which is the fact that most high-school students do not care about history, and therefore often *do not listen, or care.* Most high-school students are *more concerned about getting laid* than learning about the Invasion of Grenada. All I am saying is, be real. Edit: I had an entire cohesive write-up here, but RU-vid apparently deleted certain sentences and made this comment near unreadable. I hope the point is still getting across.

Cus at school anything anti-left (i.e. neutral, factual based presentation) is blasphemy.

Come on the USS Liberty, trust nothing.

I know this filmstrip is a few years old but I was there. 307th engineers. You have an ALL THE WAY DAY!

I was in middle school. Joined the Army in '89. Got my wings, but got stuck in a leg unit. 24th ID.

@@racer14glr91 damn it. 89 you must be just a pup. That’s old guy talk. Ha.

@@1fromtheroad I'm 52 now, but yeah I guess compared to the guys that did this operation. 😂

@@racer14glr91 I was 24 then. 64 now. There is a unit that you can jump with now. Do a refresh and the outfit goes all over

Man Officers shouldn't be hooking up with thier enlisted troops moms, especially the Company Commander.

Cool story,for real

Don't listen to the dude above,he's the type of dude whose worried about a wrinkle on your uniform than real life

LoL. That's kinda cool.

You should write this up and send it to Hallmark or Lifetime.

Thanks for sharing. Individual stories like yours fill in valuable details, so its nice to hear from the Vets involved.

I was in 1/8 in beruit waiting for you 2)8 guts to come get us

On a scale of one to ten, how ashamed do you feel?

Manko Kennewick So was I. Bravo Co. Weapons Platoon.

you mean LSD-25 ;D?

That man is a living saint. Long live Clint.

@@johngillon6969 In fairness, it's probably the worst film he ever made.

@@mookie2637 That's why it's a classic and revered by Marines. It made the term "clusterfuck" common to everyone.

@@mookie2637 Yea that was like trying to polish a turd. Imagine loosing your life because some president wants to be historic. Like all the dead soldiers since korea have died for what? ANS: protect the percent class of Amerika and secure them more wealth.

If I remember that film correctly, Clint won the Medal of Honor for his action on Grenada. The best part of the film was when he was consulting women's magazines in a attempt to be more sensitive to women.

The legacy of German military tech from 75-80 years ago is vast and consequential to this day.

The German Stalhelm was a design that aged well in terms of ballistics.

The Germans had also Jetfighters ;)

Those german WW2 helmets were revolutionary .

Yeah. The Germans figured out stuff like that much quicker than the rest of the world. They introduced the basic design in 1916.

My Senior Drill Instructor was an 82nd Grenada vet. Oddly enough, I ran into him in the enlisted club at a Puerto Rican NG camp five years later.

Four-point PLF: feet, knees, elbows, face

@@j3dwin Airborne. woo rah

@Michael McNamara Are you related to Robert McNamara? I just read an article about him.

Same here when I went to ABN school in 02 @ Benning.

Do you feel good being a tool of imperialism?

Thank you for your service!!!

@@zddxddyddw oh give me a break. Democracy and decency still rule in Grenada today

CAR with two stars

@@erictroxell715 Yes, but mainly due to the 75th Ranger's and 82d Airborne Division. It's my favorite Caribbean island and I hope to return.

The only thing I was really worried about, just dangling in the air until you got dragged back into the plane, chute malfunction was not a big deal, never jumped that low, so the reserve would have been fine. Hell I've even had to run off another person's canopy and land hard, but being a hung jumper was a bit of a concern Good thing that as a Rigger the chute would have been packed by me or someone I knew and trusted, so not as big a concern

The towed jumper can actually signal that they are willing to be cut loose, but they were likely back over the sea by then. The static line retriever isn't strong enough to pull in the jumpers by itself. Any one still onboard has to pull them in by their static line against 130 knot winds.

@@j3dwin They aint cutting you free at 500 feet over land, remember these guys didn't have reserves, they were pulled back ion

@@z0phi3l You're right. While the aircraft do not have to remain at drop altitude you definitely have to have a reserve. They cut you loose and you pop your reserve. My static line got wrapped around my weapons case and I bounced off the fuselage a couple of times but it eventually came loose. And NO ONE onboard knew that I flailing in the breeze. That wasn't very encouraging.

@@j3dwin From my experience they may see you dangling in the air when they do their check after each pass, but more likely it will be when pulling the deployment bags back in and it's much harder than normal to pull them in

SO MY STEPDAD BRO

Follow up: His unit got a alert to form up since they were quick reaction force at the time. Of course they all thought it was another dumb drill. So they were smoking and joking around. Well the tone changed when got handed live ammo and grenades. Definitely a oh crap moment. As the unit was getting ammo the m60 machine gun team leader (old vietnam vet) was basically giving multiple belts of to his team. Some supply person comes up and try and tell him i need to see your ammo card. The old timer turns around and says “i know what im doing” and proceeds to ignore him. Supply guy just walks off.

@@Boragath123 love to see it

Hello. Just want to say the 82nd is legendary in my country the Netherlands. Because of their action crossing nijmegen waal river and took the bridge in 1944 during market garden.. The 82nd as a division received the highest medal of bravery my nation has. The military order of William. So now each time a medal or a military parade takes place. There is a American 82nd airbourne in the honor flag unit.

A close friend of mine fought there. Told me he took out a APC filled with Cubans with a LAW rocket.

Me too. We were so proud of our forces and country!! Still am

Why would students go to Grenada for any studies?

@@bnghjtyu767 Didn't do so well in their pre-med studies and couldn't get into a US medical school. They would come back here for internship and residency, which is where you really learn to be a doctor in a practical sense, and then would make a career for themselves. It was probably a lot cheaper too.

Bob Rabinoff..........that's correct. They couldn't get into any US MED school, so they had to go offshore schools where they didn't care (or sometimes require) MCAT scores. If you had the money for tuition, you're in. Trouble is, these grads had trouble passing the MLE (Medical Licensing Exam) to practice in the US or even getting placed in a residency program. I know several Ross University Medical School (Dominica) graduates, who are now attending community college to learn a trade in order to make a living.

Most people who have researched the situation believe that the students were in no danger until the US invaded. The people of Grenada were fully aware that tourism and the medical school were the country's major source of income. One of my co-workers was in the invasion force and later talked about how weird it was that while he was in full battle gear, manning an M60 machine gun near the school, the students were walking past him in bathing suits, heading down to the beach for a swim. Most of the students apparently never felt endangered and laughed at the guy you were talking about. By coincidence, I happened to know a great deal about the country at the time. A couple of semesters before the invasion, I took a college course about economic and technical development of developing countries. We happened to choose Granada (partly because it was so small), so I had spent weeks studying its geography, history, educational system, current events, natural resources, etc. We apparently knew more than the US military, since we were fully aware of the hospital that was mistakenly bombed. We also knew that the airfield under construction was designed by an American firm and designed for tourist 727's, not built for Russian bombers as said on the news. The previous runways were too small for jets from the US or Europe, and this negatively affected tourism. I tend to think that the invasion was an over-reaction to the events, but there are those who firmly believe that it was a "wag the dog" maneuver by the Reagan administration to distract from the political scandals going on. Google "Reagan administration scandals" to see why that is not a completely unreasonable conclusion.

I've never heard of it so yes please

@@theylivewesleep925 Vietnam raid on a POW camp.

There is quite a bit on the son tay raid... but I'd like Mark's take.

That Helio they purposly crashed in the Son Tay court yard CH53 was historical . It was the first ever helicopter to fly nonstop coast to coast. I dont remember the tail number anymore

I've read it in a Penthouse magazine back in the 80s, very detailed story. Known personalities from Green Berets were involved there like Col. Bull Simmons and Capt. Mead. The raid was well executed but no prisoners inside the camp bec. bad intel.

In 1983 the use of satellites and computers was not near what it is now. Still inexcusable using tourist maps, though. Somebody dropped the ball.

The 82nd Airborne Division didn't have a map of Grenada at Fort Bragg, so a division staff officer headed for downtown Fayetteville, NC where he procured tourist maps of the island. Planners superimposed a military grid atop the map and distributed copies to the invading troops before they boarded their air craft. Interestingly, many senior leaders were relying on articles copied out of The Economist for the most up-to-date intelligence on the island. Military Times

@@misterjag no wonder there's a blue on blue incident. An A7 strafed a brigade TOC.

Well, the real blame lies with Jimmah Carter. One of Reagan's big campaign themes was to rebuild the US military. However, he had a Democrat congress to deal with and of course they roadblocked and hosed stuff as they could. Its amazing Reagan was able to push as much through as he did. Every aspect of the US military was in bad shape including terrible pay which caused many soldiers to be on food stamps at the time. I remember the map story from when it happened and I believe that raised enough American voices to force the Dem congress to re-fund and rebuild the military. A lot of things went wrong in Grenada like the SEALs who drowned and should not have. And the aircraft carrier commander who refused to let Army helicopters land on his deck because the pilots were not carrier qualified.!!!! I would've liked to have a few words with that schmuck officer out back. Never heard if there were ramifications for that Navy capt for his stupidity. Edit: forgot to mention the Army helicopters were carrying wounded soldiers.

I flew photo recon on the first day to make 1:10,000 scale maps. Intel on CV-62 used the photos to make maps that afternoon and evening. Helos took the maps ashore the next day.

They also carried too much weight.

They seals were fully kitted out, and fell in bad weather and were too far missing the boat landing. They were never found, so we don’t truly know what happened to them.

And 27 Rangers were never found with that insertion as well.......hard to swim with 110 pounds on your back

All true. It came out in the newspapers after the Grenada invasion was over. There was the public sense of disbelief because Navy SEALS are supposed to be excellent swimmers. The lesson learned was even the best swimmer can drown when too exhausted to swim and laden down with heavy equipment. Personally, I wondered why the U.S. Navy didn't provide aqua-propulsion equipment, the kind seen in the James Bond movie, "Thunderball", where suited diver swimmers hold on to the battery-operated aqua propulsion devices and don't have to exhaust themselves. As a teenager I remember listening to my dad and his friends from high school talking about one of their former high school buddies who was a member of the high school swim team. Yet he died in the Korean War where the cause of his death was, drowning. It was thought he had been laden down with full military pack gear when something happened during a river crossing and he drowned, maybe pulled under by the gear's weight. Tragic lesson shown again.

@ster plaz I only brought it up as I recalled conversing with an air force crew chief, who participated in the Grenada insertion, in 1990 that told me about the SEALs. I was in the army at the time, but did not read about it until many years later.

Good shooting there, soldiers! The man almost died of a heart attack!

So that one scene in Predator was actually the most realistic part of the movie?

@@Torus2112 😂yessir

@@Torus2112 I'm thinking of just about every A-Team episode.

@Roger Dodger Yea my grandfather was issued an M60 and he reminds me constantly about how he ALWAYS carried extra

Very interesting detail!

@@clazy8 it was before my time tho, i was born in 86.

Why worry? I never understood the Trinidadians to be worried about this.

Random Trinidadian I am from trinidad too 🇹🇹

@@Jo-uh1mw i dont get it either. The airfield use to be a popular hang out for locals i heard

A good buddy of mine was there with the 82nd on a mortar crew. Still had blood stains from wounded comrades on his BDU's when he came home afterward. That sort of shook me.

Good.

Esteban Ferreras Warfare no matter the enemy isn’t a good thing, but it is necessary.

@@davidhollenshead4892 Unfortunately Mike passed away several years ago from health issues unrelated to his military service. There isn't a day that does by that I don't miss being able to talk to him. His son took up the torch as he is currently serving in his dad's old unit.

Was he an MP?

The producers went to the Army for equipment, etc first and got turned down. The marines were smart enough to say yes so they changed the script. Sometimes the Army actively tries to avoid looking cool

So you left the band and joined the Army? Cool.

That's because it was a Ranger Battallion Mission there were no Recon Marines in Grenada and for a very good reason. The movie depicts a Lone Recon Platoon organic to the 8th Marine Regiment. No such animal exists. There are 3 Recon Battallions 1 organic to the 3 Marine Division HQs Each Recon Battallion has a Force Recon Company very similar to the Army's LRRP/ LRP/ LRS and in fact Force Recon had a hand in creating those units which would at the end of Vietnam become the 75th Ranger Regiment. 1st Marine Regiment and 3rd Marine Regiment and their Recon Battallions are in the Pacific 1st at Camp Pendleton and 3rd in Hawaii. As you know Greneda was a very hastily put together mission no time to get som much men and equipment to the Atlantic. the 8th Marine Regiment in Lejune did indeed fight in Greneda they are in the 2nd Marine Division and 2nd Recon along with other 2nd Division assets were in Lebanon and were the ones killed in the barracks bombing hence no Recon Marines in Greneda. My Uncle was a member of 3rd Recon Battallion at the time and had served with them in Keh Sahn and the battle of Hue depicted in Full Metal Jacket his Lt Frank Reasoner was a Medal of Honor Recipient for that battle. I was a LRS Scout and Served in SF and the 173rd Airborne Brigade. The pre landing Recon in Greneda was done by 7th Special Forces and members of SEAL Team 4. This is because they were brand new as a SEAL Team and had only months before been UDTs so beach Recon was their thing. Both 4 and 6 were new and USSOCOM didn't exist until 1987 and that added to the problems the Team Six guys drowned cause they dropped into a storm off the coast carrying more than 100 lbs each. I had friends that were SEALS on that mission and for a long time afterward it became a thing for SEALS to compete against one another to see who could tread water carrying the most weight. while sta

An 18 year old Ranger! That’s awesome!

@@joshualittle877 I believe the Team Six guys died because they were dropped on an underwater reef that the pilot couldn’t pick out because of the weather. Their injuries were the cause of the drowning.

Yep totally agree

Reagan called her up after the phone call is on RU-vid. It’s be declassified

Thatcher was opposed to this American action as was the Commonwealth.

@Mustang Pilot stfu, typical gobshite yank

@@sayeager5559 I was referring to Office Space but yeah.

Marge, is Lisa at Camp Grenada?

Ok

vanjimbo -- they had 300 Cubans.

Were you out before Panama?

@@cicadasmasher8082 I was an instructor for the mountain phase (Camp Merrill) at that time. Godspeed.

This wasthe first time the BDU's were deployed in combat

HMQ was not too pleased as well.

So what? She didn't do anything so the US did. Too many American lives were at stake.

I imagine that HM's government would prefer a democratic regime to one controlled by Castro. The UK did not have enough money to cover a proper Commonwealth invasion.

@Jose Raul Miguens Cruz You can't be sure of that. All of those Americans would have been hostages. Look at other communist takeovers and all the slaughters that took place afterwards. No, their lives were definitely at risk.

Mrs. Thatcher didn't like how it was handled, with Reagan not getting her blessing first, but she was happy enough with the outcome. Another scumbag communist dictatorship shut down.

We needed an excuse to test some weapon systems, and took take the heat off of good old Reagan at home.

You mean those cubain "construction workers"

@@mattgrele6318 not mentioned in this video were the north korean advisors.

they actually fought quite hard

30 Cuban soldiers and workers, decisive action what a joke.

@@juanfabiani6162 are you certain that was all there was? You did see the zsu AA gun? A rather odd tool for "construction workers".

Four US Navy Seals drowned as well.

I'm sure they're nice and toasty where they are now lmaoooo

We were told about it as we were preparing for the invasion. That was the 23rd of October, we found out on the twenty fourth and invaded at O dark thirty of the 25th

You wanted to help your country bully, invade and submit other, much weaker nations? How noble of you.

Esteban Ferreras you damn right I did. I think being able to shoot communists and communist sympathizers was just a added bonus. Every country is weaker than the US though so you really should try to narrow your comment a little bit.

@@zddxddyddw Yes, we did all of that. Good times.

Josh I kinda miss the old Warsaw Pact ! But hell, Antifa and BLM are tryin to fill in the gap and I appreciate their efforts !!!

jt thorsson I was at that sweet point in the Army were we transitioned from shooting Commies to shooting terrorists. But as a Airborne Infantryman I’m readily adaptable to destroying all enemies of my country.

So true and a friend of mine, his name is Vance said they were supposed to land. But at the last minute were ordered to jump in at under 500 feet. He earned it too, ended up with a badly sprained ankle, hurt pride and a story to tell his kids.

@@davidhollenshead4892 I know.. An if you've ever seen footage of German paras jumping they use one tethered line in between the Sholder blades... Crazy if you ask me

John Hancock Please tell him he is a patriot.

@ster plaz yep lmao. The amount of people who actually fought in Grenada is lower than Madonna's body count. If you meet one, you should visit the casino the next day or start chatting up Christina Agueilra or something.

I only saw a few thousand....

"I fought in Grenada, I went in on the first wave by the way." "On what, your surf board?!"

@@EnderGhost119 lmao

Yup, I worked with a guy that claimed he was a USMC Purple Heart from Grenada. There's only like 20 of them, and all their names are listed on the wiki article about the war, but this idiot is the kind of stolen valor dumbass that thinks 5G causes cancer, so I doubt there's much in the way of intelligence anyway with him.

Against all odds? Are you kidding? The U.S. fought a TINY poorly trained, undermanned, army of less than 1,200 soldiers, The U.S. had every single odd in the favor, Better weapons, high numbers, better training, better organization, What aspects of the battle were in the Cubans favor? I don't understand your comment.

@@andrewhall7930 i think the joke flew quite a ways over your head

@C B The Taliban are, to this day, still undefeated, while ISIS is a creation of the CIA/Mossad, so that doesn't count. You're spot on regarding the military exploits of the last two hundred years of French history, though.

@C B The war in Afghanistan was never meant to be won, nor was any other military conflict certain not-to-be-named bankers and their American Kraken have been waging since 1945. The Third Reich had to be crushed, as it was a *real* opponent to the USury racket. Again, you're correct about the French. Ligny, 1815, and then ... rien ne va plus.

@C B Sleep tight, my friend, and keep on dreaming. I hope your awakening will not be too rough. I'm not being ironic but dead earnest, and we've visited the resting soldiers who gave their lives for a France and a Europe that they wouldn't even recognize anymore. Try "The Unknown Warriors" by Nicholas Pringle, it's a dishy read, with nothing added or omitted from the accounts of the people who were there and survived and lived to see the future, like I was myself.

Hooah, brother -- RLTW Class 12-90 -- "Old Skool"

A Scottish relation of mine was a 1930's & 40's Cunard ship's captain. Supposedly, a slightly nervous lady passenger asked him 'How often do ships like this sink?' The response was 'Only once.'

I've made maybe two 500 foot drops due to pilot errors. It's like the opening shock of your parachute deploying is immediately followed by the worst PLF imaginable. I'm serious. Your chute opens and you hit the ground. The only good thing is there wasn't time for entanglements.

Fought on the weekends.

Ryan "served" the troops in Granada.

Did you notice that they jumped without reserves? My first thought was what did they grab onto when exiting the aircraft. You grasp the reserve with both hands with the right-hand fingers extended over the ripcord handle.

@@j3dwin Yes, I was told by the supply SGT who made the jump that they did not rig reserves, at 500 feet AGL there would be no time anyway. You eat up half that just getting the main inflated. I suspect they just went for the harness but since I never made a jump like that so I really don't know. I never had a malfunction in my 193 jumps, and I cannot remember anyone having one malfunction, but I do know about one guy who deployed a reserve while under a main. Both inflated but since they were spilling so much air he hit the ground a bit hard.

@@formerparatrooper Good stuff! Technically it wasn't a malfunction but I went through the risers of the other jumpmaster as we both exited the plane at the same time. He got the opening shock before I did and as I passed through, it shredded my main as it deployed. Since I was JM during in-flight rigging I had my harness very loose and I couldn't get to my reserve in a twisted harness. You'd be surprised how much resistance a shredded canopy provides versus nothing at all. I bounced but survived. I was also a towed jumper for about two seconds but I just got a busted lip out of that. Godspeed buddy!

@@davidhollenshead4892 it takes about 225 to 275 feet for a full canopy deploy, and even with a reserve if you have a malfunction and go for it, you will still be the first person at the scene of the accident

@@j3dwin I had a number of landings less than desired, I hooked a PC too close to the ground in Austria and broke an ankle. I barely missed a burned out tree in West Africa, a hard full equipment landing at Ft. Campbell during a night operation, I think we were dropped low because I wasn't under canopy for more than 30 seconds. Ah, the log book--memories I guess, not worth anything to anyone except those who have one. AIRBORNE

We actually have NO SURFING anywhere around this island....our beaches are calm water for swimming...................shows how much they actually know about Grenada

Lol I am 15 yo and in watch this for fun

Same here.

How do you know God's on our side?

what camp were you at because i came over right when it was over it was literally, well your back on post your TA-50 is accounted for, weapon cleaned, oh By the you need to see Levy section you have orders. and in Korea I ended up at some place Called Camp Liberty Bell, so what little break i had in between. sucked. Manchu's

I never tell anyone I'm a wartime veteran, by the time I got done with AIT the first Gulf War started, ended and cleanup was ongoing, class before me went straight to Kuwait, so I guess it was pretty close

I was IRONING during the gulf war I ain't cut out for this hero bullshit!

Able archer was a scary time, I read some things about that few years ago, one of the closest calls in the cold war but most people didn't know

Lou Ferrao : Yeah? For instance?

@@ebayerr Like a warehouse full of heroin.

@@louferrao2044 What happened to it?

DEA took physical custody of it.

@@louferrao2044 You sure they didn't sell it? You know to fund some "things"?

Really

We decide what has to do with us. That's what being a global superpower is all about.

You must have missed the part where other Caribbean Countries were also in the invasion force

Monroe Doctrine and OAS disagree.

Yeah, like that little thing with Nazi Germany. We probably could have stayed out of that one, but would you want us to?

No clusterfuck this time...

Actually Stich Jones saved Gunny Highway by calling in an air strike with his credit card.

Lieutenant Ring and Gunny Highway took a handful of young fire-pissers, exercised some personal initiative, and kicked ass!

Sorry to hear that happened Grenada now is in good condition and a major tourist hot spot would be nice if you visit again :)

@@0kah645 Business booming again - mission accomplished?

RANGER LEAD THE WAY!! HOOAH!

Ага, попался путешественник во времени!

wow damn that's cool n stuff but it wasn't liberation. It was an invasion and then occupation.

@@twix56 false they were commies sponsored by Cuba and is a nice place now.

No reserves right? too close to the ocean ??

I remember the bad old days of 1979. Post Vietnam malaise and the horrible lack of confidence Americans had in themselves and their military. Thank God for Ronald Reagan!

Nothing ButGame, I believe that was " Colonel Sanders ".....very famous American warw

Missed it by two. C Co 3/75

@@j3dwin I got out a year before Grenada. I'll always regret not being there. I knew some heroes and some KIA (heroes as well, of course.)

@@DismasM You're right buddy. But lots of folks in the 82nd got CIB's just for showing up. I'd feel kinda guilty wearing that with a unit patch on my right shoulder just for taking off my blank adapter. Godspeed Joe!