Dozens of American hostages held at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran for more than a year were freed just as Ronald Reagan was ...
Kathryn Koob of eastern Iowa and 51 other Americans were taken captive by militant Iranian students. They were held hostage for 444 days. As she reflects on the death of former president Jimmy Carter, ...
Sickmann’s work honors the eight service members who died when military aircraft collided in the aborted Iran hostage rescue attempt in April 1980. He’s carried the eight with him ever since ...
At the time, many blamed Carter for not bringing the US hostages in Iran home. But one Marine says he saved his life.
The Iran hostage crisis became a symbol of a failed ... He ordered a military rescue attempt in April 1980, but the mission failed because of mechanical issues and a sandstorm, then turned ...
Carter took full responsibility for the failed rescue attempt. With the hostages' lives ... into relative obscurity Carter described the Iran hostage crisis as "the most difficult period of ...
Kennedy Jr., a captive in the Iranian hostage crisis under President Jimmy ... in national and international politics. A ...