On April 24, 1980, President Jimmy Carter launched Operation Eagle's Claw, a lightning-fast military operation to free 52 American diplomats from the embassy in Tehran, where they had been held hostage since November 4. Three of the eight attack helicopters malfunctioned in the Iranian desert, whereupon the mission was called off. During the evacuation, a helicopter collided with a transport plane. Eight soldiers were killed. It cost Carter his …
On April 24, 1980, President Jimmy Carter launched Operation Eagle's Claw, a lightning-fast military operation to free 52 American diplomats from the embassy in Tehran, where they had been held hostage since November 4. Three of the eight attack helicopters malfunctioned in the Iranian desert, whereupon the mission was called off. During the evacuation, a helicopter collided with a transport plane. Eight soldiers were killed. It cost Carter his …
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