Tag: Sammy DiTusa

A front-row seat to the toppling of a dictator

June 5, 2022

A capacity crowd turned out on June 5, 2022, to hear Salvatore “Sammy” DiTusa offer a blow-by-blow account of his rigorous training as an Army Ranger and his preparation for and participation in the invasion of Panama. Audience members were riveted as DiTusa shared details of the pre-dawn low altitude parachute drop conducted by the Rangers and several other elite […]

Army Ranger Sammy DiTusa

January 14, 2021

Part of an elite strike force that led the charge to unseat Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, Sammy DiTusa and his battalion left the country 20 days later with a victory in hand. On Dec. 17, 1989, President George H. Bush gave “Operation Just Cause” the green light, setting in motion the U.S. invasion of Panama. The goal was to capture […]