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The scene around the U.S. Marine Corps base near Beirut, Lebanon, following a massive bomb blast that destroyed the base on Oct. 23, 1983. (AP Photo) Forty-one years ago today, a Hezbollah ...
It was springtime 1983 in Beirut, Lebanon, just barely a month after the bombing of the U.S. Embassy. A young U.S. Marine corporal from Providence paid a visit to an even younger U.S. Marine ...
On Oct. 23, 1983, Marine Cpl. Thurnell “Chip” Shields lay on his cot on the third floor of the 1st Battalion, 8th Marines battalion landing team headquarters in Beirut when he was awakened by ...
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. — Wednesday marked the 41st anniversary of one of the worst days in United States Marine Corps history. On October 23, 1983, a group called Islamic Jihad -- later found to ...
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Fuad Shukr "played a central role" in the October 1983 bombing of the US Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, according to the US ...
Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Aqil, whom Israel says was killed on Friday, was wanted for bombing the U.S Marine barracks and embassy in Beirut in 1983.
Early on a Sunday morning on Oct. 23, 1983, a truck packed with 12,000 pounds of explosives was driven into a building in Beirut, Lebanon, housing troops of the 1 st Battalion 8 th Marines ...
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the 1983 bombing of a Marine compound in Beirut, Lebanon, that killed 241 US service personnel. Facts On October 23, 1983, 241 US service ...
Bestselling author Jack Carr's new nonfiction book, "Targeted: The 1983 Beirut Barracks Bombing," combines compelling storytelling and meticulous research about the attack on U.S. Marines.
The October 23, 1983 terrorist attack on the U.S. Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, Lebanon killing 241 members of America’s military, most of them Marines from Camp Lejeune. A new book co-authored by ...
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Marine Corps Times on MSNHow the Beirut bombing of a Marine Corps barracks changed everything - MSNForty-one years ago today, a Hezbollah affiliate rammed his yellow Mercedes stake-bed truck through a chest-high concertina ...
The Marines landed in Beirut in 1982 as a stabilizing force. The idea is if the Americans are there as a peacekeeping force along with the French, Italians and British, that we can provide some ...
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