Big Picture: Exercise Delawar

National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 2569839 / Local Identifier 111-TV-631 Big Picture: Exercise Delawar DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon - Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984). In April of 1964, a Persian word meaning "courageous" became known to Americans as the name of a bold military adventure. An entire airborne brigade with heavy equipment was airlifted to Iran--land of the ancient Persians. American and Iranian armed forces successfully demonstrated their combat readiness in "Exercise Delawar," the subject of this THE BIG PICTURE.