the elected President of the Dominican Republic before being overthrown in a separate coup in 1963. From 1963 through April 1965, a 3-man military junta of General Antonio Imbert Barrera, General Luis Amiamo Tió, and General Victor Elby Viñas Román held power before growing dissatisfaction led to another rebellion on April 24, 1965. Four days later, President Lyndon Johnson sent a total of 42,000 United States troops from multiple branches of the military to the island, supplemented by an Inter-American Peace Force of 2,000 troops, to assist rebels led by Donald Reid Cabral. In what is now known as the 1965 Dominican Civil War or La Revolución del 65 Cabral’s forces prevailed due to the United States military backing. Shortly after the war ended, on July 1, 1966, democratically questionable elections were held in the Dominican Republic which resulted in the election of Joaquín Balaguer as President. United States troops withdrew from the island nation thereafter on September 21, 1966. In total, 44 United States combatants were killed in the conflict, alongside over 2,000 Dominicans, roughly half of whom were civilians. Following the withdrawal of United States troops, President Balaguer, a previous member of the Trujillo-led government, ruled the Dominican Republic for a 12-year period characterized by turmoil, the disappearances of Balaguer’s political opponents, and the deaths of hundreds of young political and social activists. In this manner, the United States intervention during Operation Power Pack played a key role in depriving Dominican citizens of a free and sovereign government for at least 12 additional years through 1978. (8) Grenada occupation From October 25, 1983, through October 29, 1983, the United States conducted Operation Urgent Fury , a full-scale military invasion of Grenada in which thousands of troops from the United States Army, Marines, Navy, and Air Force were deployed to Grenada and participated in active combat against native Grenadians and Cuban fighters. The United States invasion