USS Caron
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USS Caron was a Spruance-class destroyer, named for Hospital Corpsman Third Class Wayne M. Caron, who was killed in action during the Vietnam War, and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.
USS Caron on 1 January 1983
USS Caron and USS Arthur W. Radford on 1 May 1982
USS Caron's crewmen at work on 1 July 1986
USS Caron sinking off Puerto Rico
The United States and a coalition of Caribbean countries invaded the island nation of Grenada at dawn on 25 October 1983. It was codenamed Operation Urgent Fury by the U.S. military, and resulted in m
USS Caron
…In August 1979 Soviet planes staged a mock missile attack against the Caron in the Black Sea. In late October, 1983 the Caron participated in Operation Urgent Fury in the vicinity of Grenada. Near H-hour on D-Day, 25 Oct. 1983, the Caron recovered a 20-man Navy SEAL/Air Force reconnaissance team from waters off…
An American Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter hovers above the ground near an abandoned Soviet ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft gun during the American invasion of Grenada, 1983.
Point Salines International Airport
Maurice Bishop and Foreign Minister Unison Whiteman in East Germany, 1982
Members of the Eastern Caribbean Defense Force