Pulled from the Pit in Beirut - The American Conservative
In 1983, a suicide bombing was the last thing the Marines in Beirut expected. Forty years later, a survivor remembers the shock.
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In 1983, a suicide bombing was the last thing the Marines in Beirut expected. Forty years later, a survivor remembers the shock.
The bombing remains the largest single-day loss of life for Marines since the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II.
The editorial from the November-December 2023 issue of The American Conservative.
On Thursday evening, the Carbon County Historical Society met once again for its monthly meeting. For April, the society welcomed Larry Gerlach to speal on a darker side of history in the area. Gerlach, who is a Professor of History Emeritus from the University of Utah, has written about the era of the American Revolution,