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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

DASHT-E-KAVIR, Iran -- Hundreds of Iranians on Sunday marked the 30th anniversary of a failed U.S. military operation to rescue American hostages in Tehran, with prayers and words of defiance for ...

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 ...