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Grenada's rulers seek to consolidate control, Marines sail toward island
By NICK MADIGAN
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Oct. 21, 1983 (UPI) - Grenada's new military rulers sought to consolidate control Friday as 1,900 Marines steamed toward the Cuban-backed island following a week-old coup that left as many as 15 people dead.
Ten U.S. warships sail toward Grenada
By NICK MADIGAN
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Oct. 22, 1983 (UPI) -- Ten U.S. warships sailed toward the violence-wracked Caribbean island of Grenada Saturday, prompting its new Marxist leaders to mobilize their forces for a possible invasion. Two American diplomats flew in to check on U.S. citizens.
Text of Reagan's statement on Marines landing in Grenada
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25, 1983 (UPI) - Here is the text of President Reagan's statement Tuesday on the landing of U.S. Marines on the Caribbean island of Grenada: Ladies and gentlemen, on Sunday, Oct. 23, the United States received an urgent formal request from five member nations of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States to assist in a joint effort to restore order and democracy on the island of Grenada.
U.S., Caribbean forces invade Grenada
By NICK MADIGAN
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Oct. 25, 1983 (UPI) - U.S. troops and forces from six Caribbean nations invaded Marxist-led Grenada Tuesday, seizing the island's two airports and capturing Soviet and Cuban personnel in fierce battles that left two U.S. servicemen dead and 23 wounded.
Heavy resistance prompted Pentagon to send reinforcements
By RICHARD C. GROSS
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27, 1983 (UPI) - American troops came under such heavy attack by Cuban units three hours after their invasion of Grenada that the Pentagon was spurred to send in reinforcements from the Army's 82nd Airborne, officials said Thursday.
Students evacuated from Grenada: Marines protected us
By WILLIAM STRACENER
CHARLESTON, S.C., Oct. 27, 1983 (UPI) - A group of American students evacuated from Grenada Thursday night said frightened Grenadian militiamen kicked down their door and held them prisoner for several hours after the U.S. invasion, and ''the Cubans were definitely out to get us.''
Marines capture Grenadian deputy prime minister
By VALERIE STRAUSS
ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada, Oct. 29, 1983 (UPI) - U.S. Marines Saturday captured Deputy Prime Minister Bernard Coard, who was suspected of engineering the bloody coup that led to the U.S. invasion of the Caribbean island, where American troops searched for up to 500 Cuban soldiers thought to be hiding in the hills.
Questions and answers about Grenada
By United Press International
Q. Where is Grenada?
U.S. troops storm Carriacou searching for Cuban holdouts
By LEON DANIEL
ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada, Nov. 1, 1983 (UPI) - U.S. troops searching for suspected Cuban holdouts stormed the tiny island of Carriacou Tuesday and took 23 Grenadian soldiers prisoner without firing a shot, U.S. officials said.
Weinberger orders U.S. troops home from Grenada
By RICHARD C. GROSS
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2, 1983 (UPI) - Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, assured the fighting is Grenada has ended, Wednesday ordered all U.S. forces to begin withdrawing from the Caribbean island they invaded Oct. 25.
Reagan: U.S. troops complete mission in Grenada
By NICK MADIGAN, United Press International
Nov. 3, 1983 (UPI) -- President Reagan, declaring U.S. troops successfully accomplished their mission in Grenada, today said the American invasion force will begin withdrawing from the island within days.
Grenada deports Soviet-allied diplomats
By NICK MADIGAN, United Press International
The first American paratroopers to withdraw from Grenada flew home Friday to a hero's welcome, and the island's U.S.-installed administration expelled a large group of Soviet, Cuban and East bloc diplomats and their families.
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