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    Beirut Marine Barracks Bombing Anniversary

    27 years ago today, the Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon was attacked by a suicide bomber. 241 servicemen were killed, including the largest number of Marines killed in a single day attack since Iwo Jima.
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    Re: Beirut Marine Barracks Bombing Anniversary

    SEMPER FI

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    Re: Beirut Marine Barracks Bombing Anniversary

    I have a good friend who was In the Marines at the time and Injured during that attack
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    Re: Beirut Marine Barracks Bombing Anniversary

    God Bless them.
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    Quote Originally Posted by olevetonahill View Post
    I have a good friend who was In the Marines at the time and Injured during that attack
    My uncle was shipped out a week before it happened. He always wondered why.

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    Re: Beirut Marine Barracks Bombing Anniversary

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    My Drill Instructor was there.

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    Re: Beirut Marine Barracks Bombing Anniversary

    That still pisses me off to this day.

    I have very little in the tank for Lebanese in the US that think their Country is a decent place. I wish they could have kept Hamas out of there but IMO that Country is out of control and a place I'll never visit in my life time. I grew up with a few Lebanese Families who I considered very nice hard working folks. They have lost their Country forever IMO.

    The Day the Marines got hit changed my opinion of that place immediately.

    God Bless the Fallen.

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    Re: Beirut Marine Barracks Bombing Anniversary

    I'm bumping this for the 31st anniversary of the attack. This attack was what initially gave me the desire to serve my country. Six weeks after the attack I was enrolled in the delayed entry program, and in August of 1984 I left Oklahoma for four years of jumping out of planes and playing in the woods. And the jungle. And the desert.

    I pray their souls rest easy despite the fact that their attackers never received the justice that was promised.
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    RIP, Marines.

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    Re: Beirut Marine Barracks Bombing Anniversary

    Many have argued that this event is the first in a series of events that led to 9/11...

    F@cking Marines weren't even allowed to lock and load...

    Semper Fi and R.I.P to my brothers and sisters!


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