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Remembering my fallen comrades with Alpha Company, 2nd Ranger Battalion, 75th Infantry who died in combat while freeing American students on the island of Grenada in 1983.
Phillip S. Grenier
Kevin J. "Doc" Lannon
Stephen E. Slater
I had seen the movie Eddie and the Cruisers the weekend prior to the mission with Grenier, we were fast becoming friends. Doc Lannon cared for all of us like a mother hen. Slater was funny as hell.
I was there on the hill at Calvigny Barracks when we landed atop it in 4 Blackhawk helicopters, as the first "chalk" to assault the hill, taking enemy fire as we came in. Birds two and three crashed, possibly due to a pilot being shot, taking both Lannon and Slater. Grenier was on bird four, which I understand was hit by an enemy RPG round.
I am old now, but I remember these men and their sacrifice often.
RIP brothers
Rangers Lead the Way
thricebakedxyz
Thank you.
ImAtAnAirport
1/75 here. RLTW brother.
DaveSamsonite
Thank you for honoring your comrades in arms.
TheRealNotSoSlimShady0
RLTW
101Medic
Rest easy, brothers. - Doc
defcon275
RLTW from an 2/75 guy
Whyamihereagain
Dirty nasty leg here.. Hooah bros.
forgotiwasfine
I studied abroad there and saw the basketball court. The man in charge of the PM’s security was our tour guide.
LjubljanaJeNajlepseMestoNaSvetu
Didnt USA invade Grenada unprovoked? USA is the cruminal here.
thefirstobiwanCATnobi
Thank you for your service. I’m sorry for your loss.
TsubakiTragic
Old Diggers* are inclined to talk about their mates in a conflict, but rarely talk about themselves.
TsubakiTragic
Diggers*. Australian respectful slang for Combat Veteran. Comes from WW1 trench days in France and Gallipoli.
trhopkins
RIP Brothers . SEmper Fi
bippityboppitybuttsex
*Lead The Way
SerenePrincess013
1) your name is amazing. 2) Doesn't matter of its Hooah or Ooh-Rah, a soldier is a soldier. May their time in Valhalla be safe & warm.
bippityboppitybuttsex
Just making sure the Regiment gets its due... not a lot of recognition for the Darby Queen.
bippityboppitybuttsex
... also, All the Way!
Psychonoticon
All the way was what I was expecting to see. :)
DakotaWolf
Rangers lead the way.
ASneakyTurtle
Is there a Grenada Imgur who can give me their view on the USA invading Grenada?
Jimbo1956
It depends on which Grenadian you ask. We visited in 1988 (4 years after the invasion)
Jimbo1956
My Dad is Grenadian. Based on what I could tell, some folks approved but most didn’t.
ASneakyTurtle
Cool, ty
ASneakyTurtle
Stupid question but why did USA invade Grenada?
Socksforhands
The RSS asked us to, and we already had some pretext with the American students being there. We left in 83, RSS stayed until 85
montec00
You’d get a more accurate answer asking that question to your senile uncle than to this group.
torokunai
Because it was there.
Bystandr
U.S. launched a military intervention following receipt of a formal appeal for help from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States. -Wiki
SerialChickenLover
Regan no likey communism or drugs. Protecting American students was a convenient casus belli.
dc118
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_invasion_of_Grenada
dc118
Partly to save us med students, partly to regain order after the former government (dictatorship) started to fall apart. There’s more to it.
idonthavetimeforthiseither
Because ronny rayguns wanted to be a war time president.
cyno01
Truman Doctrine.
shweatyPIE
Hmmm, thought it was the Monroe doctrine.
cyno01
Well, the Truman Doctrine is sort of a reinterpretation of the Monroe Doctrine, redefining communism itself as European expansionism.
LjubljanaJeNajlepseMestoNaSvetu
Yes. Similar to the current UA-RU situation but smaller country got invaded by an even bigger power for no reason
StillNotYouTube
Team America. World Police.
Dogfacedboy
FUCKYEAH!!
Lifk
There was even less approval than russia-ukrainia war in UN. But it was US so it's ok
DVSBSTrD
Because Reagan needed a boost in the polls.
NorwayRat
There was a military coup in Grenada, and the new dictator allowed Cuban troops to be stationed on the island, endangering American students
LjubljanaJeNajlepseMestoNaSvetu
Sureeeee. Kidna like how Russia is 'denazifing' the Ukraine right now
C0mmanderX
Except there was never a military coup in Ukraine and the president was properly voted into office by the citizens. Literally 0 similarities
madeejit
Protecting endangered students. What a concept.
HughGRecti0n
Use that smartphone for good. Wikipedia has the info you crave.
Whyamihereagain
UsersubPoetLaureate
Sometimes we prefer someone else’s conversation or additional perspective before jumping to wiki
cyno01
Hard to do in 140 characters.
StewedTomaters
You think you're going to get a better explanation from random anonymous people on a social media site than Wikipedia or a better source?
ADegenFromUpcountry
Like most US “interventions” they didn’t approve of an independent country’s leader. So they invaded with backing from neighboring countries
armagetz
They had just killed their leader in a coup, and it was in response to a formal plea from help by a coalition of countries.
ADegenFromUpcountry
Yeah just like the invasion of Iraq except they got the coalition of concerned nations together first, then killed the leader of the country
armagetz
The analogue you are looking for is the first Gulf war, not the second.
armagetz
And not a communist takeover coup. It was already communist. It was the military driving it.
StewedTomaters
It's a little more complicated, you're making it sound like it was a democratically elected leadership.
ADegenFromUpcountry
You ever watched the movie “Team America: World Police”? It’s like a documentary…
vcgetdown
Considering how much the USA loves to remove democratically elected governments, it sounds plausible
StewedTomaters
The devil is in the details.
bippityboppitybuttsex
Some American "medical school" students needed rescuing...
ADegenFromUpcountry
Totally not some CIA employees
bippityboppitybuttsex
In Grenada? Why?
thelegendofthetwistednavigator
Know one of the students. She is a very fine doctor and I remember when she got home (she's also English)
BitchButcher
1/ What's your opinion now on the Grenada invasion? Did you realise you were part of a terror group who overthrew a government who's fault
BitchButcher
2/ it was to act in favour of its people instead in favour of the international capital? You helped install a military dictatorship.
StewedTomaters
The dictatorship in place before the US got involved. What do you think ruling by decree means?
LjubljanaJeNajlepseMestoNaSvetu
Kinda like how the Ukraine is ruled by nazis?
StewedTomaters
I kind of thought I muted you, pro-Putin troll.
SerenePrincess013
Hindsight is 20/20, & it's always so easy to judge the actions of soldiers 40 yrs in the future. Be kinder to the fallen; they were kids.
LjubljanaJeNajlepseMestoNaSvetu
Be kinder to dead russian in the Ukraine than.
SerenePrincess013
From your name, you are probably in Slovenia. Everywhere in Europe looks like a tasty treat to the syphilis-infected Putler. So yes,>
LjubljanaJeNajlepseMestoNaSvetu
We must leave NATO and declare perpetual neutralety.
SerenePrincess013
The dead Russians in Ukraine have my sympathy as well. Bc the only ones I want dead are the ones who give the orders. Not the kids suffering
BitchButcher
Kids who had no problems to follow the order to invade another country. Do you have kind words to fallen Russian soldiers now?
Lifk
Im glad you ask the question because i can assure you most moron on social media are not able to see the paradox you pointed....
SerenePrincess013
Yeah. It's called "I have compassion for mine enemy". You should look into it, sometime. It'll save you an ulcer.
BitchButcher
If you feel compassionate towards our enemy - why is it your enemy in the first place?
ABillionDucks
The US military doesnt.