31 years ago, Delta Force pulled off its first successful hostage rescue, saving a CIA operative from an enemy prison

Panamanian Defense Forces Headquarters in Panama City after its destruction during the US invasion, December 27, 1989.
AP Photo/Matias Recart
In the early morning hours of December 20, 1989, Delta Force operators descended on a Panamanian prison holding CIA operative Kurt Muse.
The operation, conducted at the outset of the US invasion of Panama, brought Muse home safely, becoming Delta Force's first successful hostage-rescue mission.
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