Arkansas Ties ... A Little Bit of This, a Little Bit of That, and a Whole Lot of Arkansas

1980 Iranian Crisis Rescue Attempt Burns Park, North Little Rock, Arkansas   Information & photographs provided by John Mears - taterhead3 @ gmail.com "Those who died so others would be free" CPT. R.L. Bakke, U.S.A.F. CPT. H.L. Lewis, U.S.A.F. CPT. L.D. McIntosh, U.S.A.F. CPT. C.T. McMillian, II, U.S.A.F. TSGT. J.C. Mayo, U.S.A.F. SSGT. D.L. Johnson, U.S.M.C. SGT. J.D. Harvey, U.S.M.C. CPL. G.N. Holmes, U.S.M.C. 1980 Iranian Crisis Rescue Attempt This memorial is dedicated to the soldiers who lost their lives in an attempt to release the hostages from Iran in 1980. A memorial was uncovered recently; it had overgrown with vines and such.  The operation was called "Operation Eagle Claw".  As a side note, Cpl George N. Holmes is buried in Graceland Cemetery, Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas, beside his father, George N. Holmes, Sr. (died in 1992).