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Operation Just Cause [View all]
My buddy spent 4 years with one of the battalion’s that participated in the combat jump. He left 4 months before it.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_invasion_of_Panama
December 1989, the "All-Americans," as part of Operation JUST CAUSE, conducted their first combat jump since World War II onto Torrijos International Airport, Panama. The paratroopers' goal was to oust a ruthless dictator and restore the duly-elected government to power in Panama.
https://m.facebook.com/82ndAirborneDivision/photos/december-1989-the-all-americans-as-part-of-operation-just-cause-conducted-their-/10152293794225387/
The 82nd air landed in Grenada.
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