[DOC] [TLE] Invasion of Grenada - Wikipedia [PAR] The Invasion of Grenada was a 1983 United Statesled invasion of the 
Caribbean island nation ... The U.S. Army's Rapid Deployment Force (1st, 2nd 
Ranger Battalions and 82nd .... pointed that the airport was to become a Cuban-
Soviet forward military airbase. ... The invasion commenced at 05:00 on 25 
October 1983. [DOC] [TLE] Address to the Nation on Events in Lebanon and Grenada October ... [PAR] In Lebanon, we have some 1,600 marines, part of a multinational force that's 
trying to ... If that key should fall into the hands of a power or powers hostile to the 
free ... Today, Syria has become a home for 7,000 Soviet advisers and 
technicians who .... It was a Soviet-Cuban colony, being readied as a major 
military bastion to... [DOC] [TLE] BBC ON THIS DAY | 25 | 1983: US troops invade Grenada [PAR] American forces seize control of the Caribbean island of Grenada less than a ... 
25 October ... by President Ronald Reagan following a bloody coup by Cuban-
trained military ... The invasion of this former British colony has angered British 
Prime Minister ... Other US officials said 30 Soviet advisers and 600 Cubans had 
been... [DOC] [TLE] US troops invade Grenada  archive, 26 October 1983 | World news ... [PAR] 5 days ago ... 26 October 1983: President Reagan gave the order to invade after Grenada's ... 
But the Caribbean group, led by the Dominican Prime Minister, Miss Eugenia ... 
The US said that 30 Soviet advisers, 50 Cuban advisers and about 550 ... of Mrs 
Thatcher against launching an invasion of the island of Grenada. [DOC] [TLE] US Invasion of Grenada: A 30-Year Retrospective - Truthout [PAR] Oct 25, 2013 ... One of the tiny island nations that grew out of the British colonies in the eastern ... 
Coard and Austin led a military coup on October 19, 1983, and placed ... On the 
morning of October 25, U.S. troops invaded the island, ousting the .... Reagan 
repeatedly charged that it was to be a Soviet/Cuban air base. [DOC] [TLE] The U.S. Invasion of Grenada - United States History [PAR] The role of The U.S. Invasion of Grenada in the history of the United States of 
America. ... On October 25, 1983, six days after Prime Minister Maurice Bishop 
was ... control over the island in 1783, and made Grenada a Crown Colony in 
1877. To the ... Bishop's Marxist leanings led to ties with Cuba, Russia, and other 
left-wing... [DOC] [TLE] U.S., Caribbean forces invade Grenada - UPI Archives - UPI.com [PAR] Oct 25, 1983 ... 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. ... Soviet and Cuban personnel in fierce battles that left two U.S. ... In 
Washington, President Reagan said the operation was intended to thwart a... [DOC] [TLE] 4. A Weekend to Remember - The Eighties Club [PAR] At 6.22 AM on Sunday, 23 October 1983, a smiling young man drove a ... This 
was the highest American military casualty rate since the opening day of the ... 
and wrote a brief but poignant message for Kelly -- all it said was Semper Fi. ... as 
Reagan put it, "a Soviet-Cuban colony being readied as a major military bastion. [DOC] [TLE] Grenada, U.S. Intervention in - U.S. History in Context - Gale [PAR] The execution of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop on 19 October 1983, ... 
Documents captured by U.S. forces revealed that almost every communist ... 
restored to Grenada, an island that for years had suffered under autocratic, 
corrupt, and ruthless regimes. For Cuba and the Soviet Union, the intervention 
was a serious blow. [DOC] [TLE] The real significance of the Grenada invasion  30 years ago | Best ... [PAR] Aug 5, 2013 ... All four US military services wanted a piece of the action  and they duly got it. ... 
On 23 October 1983, a Mercedes containing 12,000lb of explosives was driven ... 
After the invasion, Reagan stood up and said: Our

Question: In October, U.S. forces led an invasion of this island Reagan said was about to become a Soviet-Cuban colony
Answer: Grenada