It was only after Americans landed on the island that US intelligence discovered that there were three campuses to the medical school, nearly half of the student population were on the other side of the island partying on the beach and completely unaware of the 7000 troops sent to rescue them.
https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/01/world/us-concedes-bombing-hospital-in-grenada-killing-at-least-12.html
Yeah, but it was worth it to get that commie weapons cache of checks notes 2,000 revolvers meant for distribution to the local police forces.
It was only after Americans landed on the island that US intelligence discovered that there were three campuses to the medical school, nearly half of the student population were on the other side of the island partying on the beach and completely unaware of the 7000 troops sent to rescue them.
See my Parenti post from last night about the students who got "surprise rescued"