Tuesday, April 24, 2007
This Day in the Short History of American Disasters
On this day in 1980, the United States launched an abortive attempt to free the American hostages in Iran, a failed mission which resulted in the death to eight U.S. servicemen. They never got close to the hostages. I have to think this was the nadir of the American military malaise after WWII. It pretty much sealed President Carter's fate in the election in November. So there was a silver lining.
Labels: American Hostages in Iran
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 6:46 AM 
