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'''Grenada''' is an [[island]] [[nation]] in the southeastern [[Caribbean Sea]].  Located north of [[Trinidad and Tobago]], it is the second-smallest independent country in the [[Western Hemisphere]].
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'''Grenada''' is an [[island]] [[nation]] in the southeastern [[Caribbean Sea]].  Located north of [[Trinidad and Tobago]], it is the second-smallest independent country in the [[Western Hemisphere]].  It was a British colony until 1974.
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in 1983<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/25/newsid_3207000/3207509.stm]</ref>, US forces invaded Grenada.
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In October of 1983<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/25/newsid_3207000/3207509.stm 1983: US troops invade Grenada.]</ref>, US forces invaded Grenada in Operation Urgent Fury.
    
==References==
 
==References==
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==External Links==
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*[http://www.grenadagrenadines.com/index2.html Grenada Tourism Information]
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*[http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_159.shtml Grenada, 1983: Operation "Urgent Fury"]
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[[Category: Caribbean Countries]]
 
[[Category: Caribbean Countries]]
 
[[Category: United States History]]
 
[[Category: United States History]]
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