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.
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.
−
+
{{cquote|'''Grenada, we were told, was a friendly island paradise for tourism. ''Well, it wasn't.'' It was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]-[[Cuba|Cuban]] colony, being readied as a major military bastion to export terror and undermine democracy. We got there just in time. <small>-- [[Ronald Wilson Reagan|President Ronald Reagan]]</small>'''}}