SAS Tribute 5th May 1980

[Shaunyboy]

On this day in 1980: The SAS stormed the Iranian embassy in London, freeing 19 hostages held by terrorists.

Whenever SAS is mentioned on this site I think of the storming of the Iranian Embassy and the images they put out on TV. Brave guys that's for sure! Here is a tribute to them for rescuing all those people.

[Squad Leader]

i cant believe i was only 4 when it happened and i still remember seeing it on the news, i was round my nans at the time, its funny how certain things stick in your mind...

[gung-hoeddie]

nice picture shaun, i watched a documentery recently about the the storming of the embassy, it does make you realise just how skilled those boys are. I can vaguely remember it at the time it's one of those events that will stick with you all your life.

[The Kraken Wakes]

I remember that happening and was v excited as a kid...

If it wasnt for that happening then the AF SAS guys would have a very different look. Or not be here at all?

[The Baron]

Gah, was just typing the exact same thing! It was the SAS team that attracted me to Action Force.

[Thundershot]

I was 6 @ the time &, probably as most of us here, can remember it vividly..I guess for any one around my age it must be our "Kennedy moment".
Ofcaurse I was too young to know what it was all about @ the time, but it didn't stop me wanting the S.A.S uniform for my Actionman the following christmas.

[gung-hoeddie]

I was 6 @ the time &, probably as most of us here, can remember it vividly..I guess for any one around my age it must be our "Kennedy moment".
Ofcaurse I was too young to know what it was all about @ the time, but it didn't stop me wanting the S.A.S uniform for my Actionman the following christmas.

I felt the same way about having the gasmask i can remember asking mum if she could get me one, i had to settle with a tonka truck instead.

[Sundance]

i was two years two months two days old. i remember exactly bugger all about it.

i remember the news about the bombing of the Olympic Park in Atlanta '96. Diana. 9/11. Desert Storm. the fall of the Berlin Wall (vaguely), the Poll Tax riots (vaguely) and hazily the Piper Alpha, Zeebrugge and Hillsborough disasters. and Tianamen Square.

[gung-hoeddie]

i was two years two months two days old. i remember exactly bugger all about it.

i remember the news about the bombing of the Olympic Park in Atlanta '96. Diana. 9/11. Desert Storm. the fall of the Berlin Wall (vaguely), the Poll Tax riots (vaguely) and hazily the Piper Alpha, Zeebrugge and Hillsborough disasters. and Tianamen Square.

what about when JR got shot?

[Sundance]

i never watched Dallas. unless the Cowboys were playing the Bears.