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Oct 23, 2013 · From the archives: 1983 Beirut Marine barracks bombing 06:32. At left, watch Charles Kuralt anchor the CBS News Special Report on the bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut on October 23, 1983.
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Oct 23, 2023 · Oct. 23 will mark the milestone 40th anniversary of the suicide bombing that killed 241 U.S. service members stationed in the Lebanese capital. Irene Loewenson. The city and the base are working ...
May 24, 2019 · The Beirut bombing was the largest loss of life in Marines history since the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. Speaking a month before Memorial Day, Brown said, "Our 1,800 families from 35 years ...
Oct 24, 2019 · Across the Marine Corps on Wednesday, memorials and ceremonies were being held remember the 36th anniversary of the 1983 bombing of the Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, Lebanon.
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The Marine Barracks in Beirut after the bombing, October 23, 1983. While the rescuers were at times hindered by hostile sniper and artillery fire, several marine survivors were pulled from the rubble at the BLT 1/8 bomb site and airlifted by helicopter to the USS Iwo Jima, located offshore.
Oct 27, 1983 · Last Sunday, hours after the bombing of the Marine quarters in Beirut, Hubbard's office received a call from Charles A. Norfleet Sr. of Pembroke, Ky., reporting that his son was with the Marines ...
Oct 22, 2021 · Oct 22, 2021. The explosion of the Marine Corps building in Beirut, Lebanon, created a large cloud of smoke that was visible from miles away. (Marine Corps) In October of 1983 the then young Lance ...
