Between the banks of the Providence River and Dyer Street, a memorial honors the nine men who died on Oct. 23, 1983, when a Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, was bombed. Dedicated in 2020, the ...
JACKSONVILLE, N.C.- (WNCT) The Jacksonville community, Beirut veterans and gold star families all gathered at Lejeune Memorial Gardens Thursday to mark the 42nd anniversary of the Beirut Barracks ...
(CNN) — Here is a look at the 1983 bombing of a Marine compound in Beirut, Lebanon, that killed 241 US service personnel. On October 23, 1983, 241 US service personnel – including 220 Marines and 21 ...
CHESTERTON -- Barbara Thorstad flew down the stairs that Saturday night to tell her husband, Jim, the horrifying news flash she'd just heard. A bombing of some sort had hit the U.S. Marines barracks ...