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title: '"People of Grenada": US forces handbill, Operation Urgent Fury'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/people-of-grenada-us-handbill-1983/
description: 'A halftone handbill shows armed soldiers advancing across open ground, with an inset notice reading ''People of Grenada: your Caribbean neighbors with…'
section: Collection
---

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# "People of Grenada": US forces handbill, Operation Urgent Fury

A halftone handbill shows armed soldiers advancing across open ground, with an inset notice reading 'People of Grenada: your Caribbean neighbors with U.S. support have come to Grenada to restore democracy and insure your safety'. 'Restore democracy' and 'insure your safety' are virtue words standing in for any stated terms, and the notice names the regional partners before the US role.

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
PEOPLE OF GRENADA

YOUR CARIBBEAN NEIGHBORS WITH
U.S. SUPPORT HAVE COME TO
GRENADA TO RESTORE DEMOCRACY
AND INSURE YOUR SAFETY.
```

Inset notice read from the committed image. Faint text from the reverse side shows through behind the box and is not legible.

[← 'People of Grenada' leaflet (Operation Urgent Fury)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/grenada-people-of-grenada-leaflet-1983/) ["Keine neuen US-Raketen in Westeuropa!": peace manifestation, Halle →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/gdr-halle-peace-manifestation-banners-1983/)

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