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Also on October 25, 1983 U.S. forces invaded Grenada at the order of President Ronald Reagan, who said the action was needed to protect U.S. citizens there.
I clearly remember this event as I was in the Navy at the time. Our ship went on a heightened state of alert and there were rumors of us steaming over to provide support. By the time I walked down to the ships library and found an atlas. The "Old Man" (the Captain) announced "Operations on the island of Grenada have been successful, return to normal operating procedures." I found it odd that we went to high alert for an event in the Caribbean since at the time we were floating around off the east coast of Africa some 14,000 miles away.
That is all, carry on. We now return you to your normal thread operating procedures.
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