Operation Golden Pheasant
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Operation Golden Pheasant was an emergency deployment of U.S. troops to Honduras in 1988, in response to Nicaraguan attacks on Contra logistics in Honduras.
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Operation Golden Pheasant | |||||||
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Part of the Nicaraguan Revolution | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States Honduras | Nicaragua | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
President Ronald Reagan George Fisher José Azcona del Hoyo |
Humberto Ortega Daniel Ortega | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
7th Infantry Division (Light) 82nd Airborne Division 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, A company, C company, HHC company Scout Platoon 3rd Battalion 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment 27th Infantry Regiment 9th Infantry Regiment Honduran Army | Sandinista Popular Army | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
5,000 12,000 | 9,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
21 or less were killed | 29 or more were killed |
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