This Day in History: Operation Eagle Claw ends in tragedy

ILLUSTRATIONS: (1) VMFA-531 prepares to launch from the USS Coral Sea during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis. (2) Rangers and Delta Force troopers at Desert One. (3) Triggering the explosion.

Lt Col Charlie Brown SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth Sgt (Join to see) SSG Michael Noll SPC Lyle Montgomery LTC Stephen F. LTC Orlando Illi SPC Douglas Bolton MAJ Hugh Blanchard LTC John Griscom LTC (Join to see) CPT Kevin McComas CMDCM John F. "Doc" Bradshaw CDR Andrew McMenamin, PhD LTC Trent Klug MAJ Roland McDonald PO3 Edward Riddle LTC (Join to see) SGM Bill Frazer SFC John D.

An ill-fated military operation to rescue the 66 American hostages held in Tehran ended with eight U.S. servicemen dead and no hostages rescued... Operation Eagle Claw is widely held as a total disaster. In addition to the loss of eight American servicemen, the American hostages remained at the Embassy and the helicopters left behind were put into service in the Iranian military. While the mission was deemed a failure, the legacy born out of Eagle Claw endures today. The events highlighted the need for compatibility and interoperability between the United States’ various special operations components, thus creating Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

I remember this well in my last years at Penn State in Harrisburg. In those days we were were all on the side of the Red, White, and Blue... and Apple Pie. Someone needs to teach our young these days about how evil theocracies are.
It's a farce when Progressive Democrats, RINOS, and Communists try to compare the Christian founding of the United States to theocracies. Obviously the people who do this are looking to destroy our Country.