It was the first and only time the United States and Cuba ever exchanged gunfire. CCTV America’s Stephen Gibbs reported on the 1983 U.S. Invasion of Grenada.

“The whole island was under house arrest,” Tillman Thomas, Former Prime Minister of Grenada recalled.

What was the invasion really about, and what can the U.S. learn from it? Find out this week on Americas Now. 

This week on Americas Now: The US invasion of Grenada

It was the first and only time the United States and Cuba ever exchanged gunfire. CCTV America's Stephen Gibbs reported on the 1983 U.S. Invasion of Grenada. What was the invasion really about, and what can the U.S. learn from it? Find out this week on Americas Now. Watch Sunday at 7 p.m. EST at www.cctvamericalive.com.