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Summary Of: Operation Eagle Claw
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RH-53D Sea Stallion
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nuclear-powered
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aircraft carrier
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USS
Nimitz
(CVN-68)
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April 24
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1980
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April 25
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1980
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Tehran
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Iran
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United States
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Iran
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Col.
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Charles Beckwith
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KIA
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WIA
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United States military
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operation
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53 hostages
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U.S.
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Embassy
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Tehran
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Iran
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April 24
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1980
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United States Special Operations Command
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U.S. Army
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160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment
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January 20
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1981
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Jimmy Carter
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Democratic nomination for the 1980 presidential election
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Reagan
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oath of office
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Sea Stallion
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Tabas
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Yazd Province
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Khorasan
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MC-130E Combat Talon I
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C-130 Hercules
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EC-130E
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RH-53D Sea Stallion
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Marine Corps aircrews
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USS Nimitz
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C-130 Hercules
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CIA
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Richard Meadows
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AC-130 gunships
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Tehran
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Ranger
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C-141 transports
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C-130 Hercules
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haboob
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RH-53D
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Iranian Navy
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USAF
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USMC
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cooking off
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CIA
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Masirah Island
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C-141
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Egypt
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Delta Force
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Ramstein Air Base
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Germany
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United States Special Operations Command
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April 16
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1987
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Army Special Operations Command
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Air Force special ops unit
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HH-53H Pave Low (
Super Jolly
)
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Hurlburt Field
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Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)
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160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR)
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Operation Credible Sport
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rocket thrusters fore and aft
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Duke Field
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Eglin Air Force Base
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October 29
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1980
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Robins Air Force Base
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Georgia
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6 May
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1980
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Iranian Embassy Siege
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London
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January 20
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1981
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Ronald Reagan
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Chief of Naval Operations
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Admiral
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James L. Holloway III
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Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986
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USS
Nimitz
(CVN-68)
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USS
California
(CGN-36)
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USS
South Carolina
(CGN-37)
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USS
Texas
(CGN-39)
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USS
Coral Sea
(CV-43)
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1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta
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Col.
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Charlie Beckwith
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Maj.
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Peter Schoomaker
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Army Chief of Staff
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William G. Boykin
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Lt. Gen.
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Eric L. Haney
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Command Sergeant Major
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Inside Delta Force
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75th Ranger Regiment
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United States Army Special Forces
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USS
Okinawa
(LPH-3)
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31st M.E.U.
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3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines
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HMM-165
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USAF
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1st Special Operations Wing
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AC-130
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MC-130
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USAF
RED HORSE
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Dust storm
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V-22 Osprey
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The Delta Force
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Sea Stallion
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helicopter
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Chuck Norris
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Hercules C-130
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ISBN 0-517-57714-3
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ISBN 1-886391-22-x
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ISBN 0-380-80939-7
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ISBN 0-385-33603-9
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The Atlantic Monthly
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ISBN 0-87113-925-1
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Kuro5hin
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DoD
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Coordinates
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Categories
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Conflicts in 1980
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History of Iran
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Military history of the United States 1900-1999
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Operations involving special forces
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Battles involving the United States
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Battles involving Iran
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United States Army Rangers
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