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How the Beirut bombing of a Marine Corps barracks changed everything
Forty-one years ago today, a Hezbollah affiliate rammed his yellow Mercedes stake-bed truck through a chest-high concertina ...
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A History of Hezbollah
In March 1983, U.S. Marines were fired upon for the first time while patrolling areas near the Beirut airport. A Lebanese radio station later announced that "a militant Shiite Muslim faction ...
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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs advises the president on use of America’s military power
In an interview about the failures in the aftermath of the Beirut attack, Adm. William Crowe, the chairman at the time, said: “I could only operate through the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine ...
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Deadline approaching on Lynn high school scholarship
With the application deadline fast approaching, LCpl Bradley J. Campus Memorial Scholarship organizers are urging Lynn high school seniors to apply for one of three $1,000 scholarships being awarded ...