In 1983 on this day, 220 Marines, 18 Sailors, and 3 Soldiers lost their lives when a suicide bomber detonated 21,000 pounds of TNT in a truck at Marine Barracks, Beruit, Lebanon. It was the largest single day of Marine loss since the battle of Iwo Jima in 1945.
They were not avenged until this year, when the Israelis sent
Fuad Shukr and Ibrahim Aqil to Hell.
Honor the fallen.
They were not avenged until this year, when the Israelis sent
Fuad Shukr and Ibrahim Aqil to Hell.
Honor the fallen.
