OPERATION JUST CAUSE PANAMA 1989

Correction: Sgt. Deblois and Pvt. Coats were not part of the 82nd but were assigned to C co 1/508th PIR which was part of the 193rd Infantry Brigade stationed in Panama


THE INVASION OF PANAMA IN 1989 TO CAPTURE NORIEGA AND SEVERAL OTHERS. TWO NAVY SEALS EARNED THE NAVY CROSS, ABOUT THIRTEEN SILVER STARS WERE EARNED, BUT ONLY I COULD ONLY VERIFY FIVE. PLEASE EMAIL CORRECTIONS TO SWFLPROF@YAHOO.COM

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[zmack28]

You have some mistakes in your videos with reguards to the 5TH Infantry Division. I was there with the 5th, You have Roddrick Ringstaff as being with the 6th INF....WRONG..He was assigned to D Company, 5th Infantry division. He was a medic with me in the 5th....He is a close friend with me also and lives here in san antonioo, texas also....Lastly you have the wrong crest for the 5th Infantry Division......sadly enough the 5th did most of the fighting in Panama and you guys dont respect us. sad

[swflprof]

@zmack28 My apologies on the mistakes. I took the commands from official records and it appears some of their information was wrong.

[PanVet100]

@ptbarnumbuck

Nice comment dude. Anybody that was down there during the invasion knows that The Panama Deception (a so-called documentary) was a joke. I laughed my ass off on some of the more outrageous allegations against the U.S.. The funniest claim was that U.S. soldiers used laser guns. I would have liked a laser blaster, but all they gave me an M16.

[EstavanCruz]

I was in C. Co. and knew both of these guys. Fuck Noriega, and his POS worshippers. They were soldiers, Airborne soldiers and they will not be forgotten by those of us who served with them.

[str8outtatexas1]

Damn time passes so fast. I was stationed at ft.ord ca from 1988-1991 and part of the 7th division light fighter unit bravo 2/8 fa. We went to panama for operation just cause and it was the hottest,humid, weather ever. It was an experience, but we did'nt see any action. All my boys came back alive. James mills,pete cordova,bernard robinson,benny mendez,shawn mitchell,wayne williams and others. man i miss those days.

[punkrockpax]

@Hperman09 all those kind of Organizations are controlled by the US... and i've heard that when a country doesnt want to do what the USA wants it to do, they start a war using a excuse like they will free a country from its dictator or terrorism or something like that or presidenst or public figures just die in a wierd accident...

[Hperman09]

@punkrockpax Libya asked the NATO countries for help. 

[punkrockpax]

@Hperman09 in case of back up request is ok, but, for example, Irak, Panama, Libia...

those contries didnt ask for the US... they just Arrived... start to kill people, ok, "they were killing Rebels" but in the first case they are invading their land, they are just fighting for it, ok, sadamm maybe was an asshole and gaddafi too but why wait so long and why they didnt "help" those countries before? those presidents were in power a very long time... i think they do that for something else...

[Hperman09]

@punkrockpax I personally don't agree a lot of things the U.S. did. The UN asked us to step up to deal with conflicts. That's how superpowere go and do. If you look at Bosnia, you see how Europe failed terribly in that leadership role and asked the U.S. to step up and do something. Same thing with the first Gulf War, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait asked us for help. If you say nobody asked the U.S. to step up to conflicts, then you deluded.

No country had the politcal and military will like the USA.

[punkrockpax]

@Hperman09 when the people of the same country fights for their rights, when the gouvernment dont give solution, there will be a civil war, in that case its ok, but man USA is not the world police.. they can not invade countries in their will... and kill innocents? you think thats a solution?... i dont, if you have problems with a specific guy go and kill him, and dont kill innocents... in a war no one wins... everyone loses something... family friends, love... things... life...

[Hperman09]

@punkrockpax Like how it worked in Bosnia? This happened before on Europe's backyard yet the killing continue to go on for three years because many people believed to stay pacifists would work out but in reality it doesn't. You say war won't be the solution? Try asking that to the people of Bosnia.

The failture of Bosnia shows that brute military force needs to be used in case diplomacy fails.

[SouthDFWrep]

@zmack28 I was a medic already stationed in Panama and working out of Gorgas Hospital. 5th Mech was the shit!! The fought their asses off beginning December 19th. The news says Just Cause was Dec 20th, but I was already triaging civilians and military casualties by 0000 20 DEC. Fucking 82nd jumped in on DZ's that Rangers had already secured then started shooting each other up. The news stories got all that shit wrong 5th Mech and Rangers did the work the first 12 hours.

[punkrockpax]

all you know that the USA killed many innocent people?... this is nothing to be proud of... war wont ever be the solution, and if you have problem with some one, go and deal with it , and let the innocent live... why innocent people have to pay for an asshole? WHY!?...