Operation Urgent Fury

February 2, 1988
Season 6 - Episode 7: Operation Urgent Fury

Season 6 - Episode 7: Operation Urgent Fury

Frontline - Backdrop

Overview

Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Seymour Hersh investigates one of Ronald Reagan’s greatest truimphs-the rescue of American students during the 1983 invasion of Grenada. Hersh’s reporting reveals an inept US military operation and questions whether the students needed rescuing at all.

Episode Information

TV Show

Frontline

Season

Season 6

Episode Number

7

Air Date

February 2, 1988