Today is the 43rd anniversary of Operation Eagle Claw, the attempted hostage rescue in Tehran, Iran. On todays show we have SGM Mike Vining, one of the founding members of Delta Force, telling the story of what many call a failed mission, but yielded so many improvements in operational capability.

April 24th, 1980, the United States military attempted a daring rescue of 52 American hostages at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran Iran. This would be the first of many missions the U.S. Army's elite fighting force, Special Forces Operational Detachment - Delta, or Delta Force, would partake in.