The World - News from April 29, 1986
Troops from the United States and 171 soldiers from five Caribbean nations prepared to launch weeklong maneuvers culminating in mock invasions of Puerto Rico and Grenada--the latter the island nation stormed by American troops in October, 1983, to crush a coup by radicals. The exercise, called Ocean Venture ‘86, will involve a Navy and Coast Guard task force of 14 ships and 10,000 U.S. troops from the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, along with National Guard units.
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