"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.
- Date
- October 1983
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- US Army psychological operations, Operation Urgent Fury (issuer not named on the handbill)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Leaflet
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Reagan Administration
- Leader
- Ronald Reagan
- Audience
- Enemy civilians
- Purpose
- Reassure
- Techniques
- Glittering generalities
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons (US forces handbill, Grenada 1983), retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (Commons tag: U.S. military/DoD employee work, official duties; U.S. federal work)
US Army psychological operations handbill, Grenada, October 1983; Commons file uploaded by EDomingos
Text on the object
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.
