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24 April 2020, 15:33
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Operation Eagle Claw - 40 Years Ago
40 Years ago today, eight of our Brothers gave their lives in an attempt to save 52 hostages from the Iranian Embassy in Tehran. Due to a lack of operational rotary wing aircraft, Operation Eagle Claw was aborted by President Jimmy Carter on the advice of the ground commander. During their exfiltration, two aircraft collided, killing eight members of the team.
Rest Peacefully, Gents. You are not forgotten.
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No one will take better care of us, than us: Suicide Hotline: 1-800-273-8255 “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” - G. Orwell The chair is against the wall, the chair is against the wall. Last edited by The Fat Guy; 24 April 2020 at 15:43. 
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24 April 2020, 17:50
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Rest easy, gents.
The list of guys that went on that mission reads like a "who's who" in the community.
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All Hail the Helmet! SGT A/1/75 86-89 Ranger Class 13-87 "If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my children will have peace." - Thomas Paine
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24 April 2020, 18:23
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RIP warriors.
Many legends in that Operation.
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RLTW Life Would Be Boring If We Were All Normal - SB
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24 April 2020, 20:44
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Rest Easy, Warriors. You are not forgotten.
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"He who does not punish evil commands that it be done." -- Leonardo Da Vinci “That's when you find out that you're better off makin' sure your soul's alright” -- Prince
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24 April 2020, 20:56
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Pete always carried a photo of DO.
He said, don't confuse enthusiasm with capabilities. RIP Gents. You led the way to where we are, today. http://www.sitnews.us/0405news/04270...esert_one.html
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#10
24 April 2020, 21:49
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sacrifices in vain.
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26 April 2020, 10:09
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Come on boys, you got to do it right, pray to the moon in the middle of the night
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#15
26 April 2020, 11:02
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Documentary
I got this from an Eagle Claw participant.
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Come on boys, you got to do it right, pray to the moon in the middle of the night
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29 April 2020, 08:58
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The new 18E SF Commo SGT courses' bldg is memorialized for one of the participants. Mike Kalua. He was a commo guy on the mission, a survivor as well. He was also a good friend.
It's now the Kalua Communications Training Facility 
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25 April 2021, 15:06
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Bump. Yesterday was the 41st Anniversary of Eagle Claw, RIP Gentlemen. I was searching for something else earlier and came across this YT video posted by SOCOM last year. 'They had the guts to try'.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL_EmnUE_rc&t=847s
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25 April 2021, 18:45
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RIP
For some reason, a photograph of TSgt Mayo, a crewmember aboard the C-130 who perished, sticks out. It was him off duty, leaning over a grill at a cookout in happier times. That photo I saw in one of the newspaper reports just stuck with me.
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"This is supposed to be a happy occasion! Let's not bicker and argue over who killed who!"
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27 May 2021, 09:43
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RIP Gentlemen, I was a MSG in the Beirut Embassy at that time and we went into lockdown for quite awhile expecting retaliation from Iran via their factions in Beirut. Then Reagan got elected
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I don't know how to act my age as I've never been this old before....No one makes it out of life alive..... Kansas: all your money won't another minute buy .
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30 May 2021, 16:17
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It was a good feeling. I was tired of Carter...I think we all were...especially being in the military
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30 May 2021, 23:43
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I remember being at the 1992 AUSA convention in DC. General Steiner was on a tour promoting USASOC/JSOC. They put on an elaborate theater presentation featuring a number of participants of Eagle Claw....on a blacked out stage, in the uniform they were wearing on that day, and the spotlight on them. They told a portion of their story from that operation. Quite chilling at moments. When the lights came on their was a loud pop from the ceiling and hundreds of psyop pamphlets came raining down from the roof. They were from the 1st Gulf War advising the Iraqis to surrender. It was quite the theatrical event and was intended to get people to join Special Operations. At that time I already had my packet in for selection.
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