Brotherhood of Beirut Marines 'brought me back home'
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By KEVIN VANDENBURG | The Sun Journal | Associated Press | Published: November 2, 2019
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. — For the Marines who survived the bombings of their Beirut barracks in 1983, comfort is found in each other.
Thirty-six years ago on Oct. 23 in Beirut, Lebanon, 241 military members were killed during a peacekeeping mission when terrorists crashed a truck loaded with bombs into the barracks housing them. In total, 307 people lost their lives due to the attack, including 58 French military personnel who were also there for the same mission and additional U.S. service members who died as a result of injuries sustained in the bombing.
The Beirut bombing of 1983 was one of the deadliest single-days for the U.S. Armed Forces.
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