October 23 in American History
A suicide truck bomb destroyed the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 241 American servicemen on a peacekeeping mission — the deadliest single day for the Marine Corps since Iwo Jima. It was an early, brutal lesson in the era of terrorism that would define decades of American security.
In 1983: the Beirut barracks bombing. A suicide truck bomb destroyed the U.S.
A suicide truck bomb destroyed the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 241 American servicemen on a peacekeeping mission — the deadliest single day for the Marine Corps since Iwo Jima. It was an early, brutal lesson in the era of terrorism that would define decades of American security.
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