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This October, the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond will commemorate and honor the U.S. Marines who died in the bombing of their barracks in Beirut, Lebanon in October 1983 with a special program and film premiere. The film, produced by the VWM in association with Blue Ridge PBS, is entitled “One Week In October” and
Forty years ago on October 23, 1983, 241 U.S. military personnel including 220 U.S. Marines were killed in the terrorist bombing of the Marine Barracks in…
It has been over three decades since 241 American servicemen serving as Peacekeepers were killed and scores more wounded by a truck bombing in the Marine barracks in Beirut on Oct. 23, 1983. They deserve justice — something the Justice Department and the Trump administration can help them finally achieve in litigation now being considered by the Supreme Court.