Withdrawal of Nicaraguan forces from Honduran territory
Belligerents
United States Honduras
Nicaragua
Commanders and leaders
President Ronald Reagan George Fisher José Azcona del Hoyo
Humberto Ortega Daniel Ortega
Units involved
7th Infantry Division (Light) 82nd Airborne Division 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, A company, C company, HHC company Scout Platoon 3rd Battalion 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment 27th Infantry Regiment 9th Infantry Regiment Honduran Army
Sandinista Popular Army
Strength
5,000 12,000
9,000
Casualties and losses
21 or less were killed
29 or more were killed
Operation Golden Pheasant was an emergency deployment of U.S. troops to Honduras in 1988, in response to Nicaraguan attacks on Contra logistics in Honduras.
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