EPISODE 100
Operation Eagle Claw:
To You All, From Us All,
For Having The Guts To Try
A watershed event in the history of US Special Operations was the 1979 hostage rescue attempt at the embassy in Tehran, Iran. Known as Operations Eagle Claw, this failed mission and the tragedy at the Desert One landing site led to the formation of US SOCOM and pushed special operations into the next generation. The best way we can honor the hostages who remained in captivity and the service members who lost their lives is to draw some lessons learned and acknowledge their sacrifice for having “The Guts To Try.”
Links:
The Holloway Commission Report
The Guts to Try by James H. Kyle
No Room for Error by John T. Carney Jr
Delta Force by Charlie A. Beckwith
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