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What do the Son Tay Raid and Operation Eagle Claw have in common? Not much, looking at the operations themselves. But special operators from both missions have come together in recent years for the ...

Editor’s note: On Nov. 4, 1979, militant Iranian students stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran and took 63 Americans hostage. Some of the hostages were released, but by April 1980, and after numerous ...

Hurlburt Field, Fla. (WALA) - Every year, Hurlburt Field pauses to honor Operation Eagle Claw, A mission ordered by President Jimmy Carter after 66 Americans were taken hostage in Iran on November 4th ...

After two previous unsuccessful attempts, there is now a documentary film called "Desert One" that tells the story of Operation Eagle Claw, the unsuccessful 1980 attempt to rescue 52 American hostages ...

A failed mission motivates this Army veteran to learn from mistakes and fight for change. Wade Ishimoto served in the Army and was the intelligence officer for Operation Eagle Claw, the failed rescue ...

On Nov. 4, 1979, approximately 3,000 Iranian militants took control of the U.S. embassy in Tehran, holding 63 Americans hostage. An additional three U.S. members were seized at the Iranian Foreign ...

There’s a new documentary about Jimmy Carter, called “Jimmy Carter: Rock ‘n’ Roll President,” that showed at film festivals throughout the last year and will air on CNN this fall. The film took a ...