The failure of communications between branches during Eagle Claw is the reason each services' special operations commands now fall under USSOCOM.Many further changes in structure resulted after intense scrutiny, research and a Congressional Committee. On April 24, 1980, an ill-fated military operation to rescue the 52 American hostages held in Tehran ends with eight U.S. servicemen dead and no hostages Nobody Would make a movie based on a failed mission unless it is patriotic one and they died for the nation. Operation Eagle Claw was a total debacle which embarrassed America in front of the entire world and probably contributed to Jimmy Carter’s defeat … I remember hearing that the bodies were paraded through the streets of Tehran, however I've never seen any photos of this, and looking it up now, the story is mostly repeated by publications with a conservative bias. But, in every mistake there is an opportunity to learn. DUKE FIELD, Fla. -- April 24, 2016 marks the 36th anniversary of Operation Eagle Claw, the ill-fated joint U.S. military attempt to rescue 53 Americans held hostage in Iran for 444 days. For one Duke Field reservist, that day in history hits close to home. The loss of life was tragic and unneccessary. The wreckage of the downed EC-130 lost during Operation Eagle Claw in 1980. Operation Eagle Claw was an American military operation ordered by President Jimmy Carter to attempt to put an end to the Iran hostage crisis by rescuing 52 Americans held captive at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran on 24 April 1980. It was an embarrassment to the nation and the special forces community. Photo via Wikimedia Commons. This paper will analyze Operation Eagle Claw and evaluate the evolution in the conduct of joint operations.

Operation Eagle Claw helped transform U.S. military internal operating procedures.

What happened to the 8 American bodies found by Iranian security forces in the aftermath of Operation Eagle Claw? Operation Eagle Claw is an astounding example of an overseas military operation going catastrophically wrong. For the rest of their lives, knowing soldiers would murmur, “He was on Eagle Claw.” They were a motley, deliberately unmilitary-looking bunch of young men. Report on the failure of Operation Eagle Claw, the secret mission to rescue American hostages held in Iran (on 24/04/80/) and on the treatment of the dead servicemen’s bodies by the Iranian authorities. Operation Eagle claw is the most miscalculated rescue operation approved by President Jimmy Carter. The Lost Troops Of Operation Eagle Claw - In the early hours of April 25, 1980, President Jimmy Carter made a sober announcement to the nation: An attempt by U.S. military forces rescue the 52 staff held hostage at the American embassy in Tehran since the Iranian Revolution in 1979.