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kentuck

(111,104 posts) Tue Oct 29, 2013, 07:26 PM Oct 2013

Remember Beirut??

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Should we just forget about this and move on? Is it too antagonistic?

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Remember Beirut?? (Original Post) kentuck Oct 2013 OP

Refresh my memory, pls. dixiegrrrrl Oct 2013 #1

The Marines were put in the middle of Beirut... kentuck Oct 2013 #3

I certainly remember Beirut. spartan61 Oct 2013 #2

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

1. Refresh my memory, pls.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Tue Oct 29, 2013, 07:41 PM

Oct 2013

How did Reagan "let" them die?
That was during a time in my life when I was not folloiwng much news.

kentuck

(111,104 posts)

3. The Marines were put in the middle of Beirut...

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 29, 2013, 08:08 PM

Oct 2013

...during the middle of a civil war. Their barracks were blown up by a huge truck bomb and Reagan immediately withdrew from Beirut. 241 Marines were killed.

Reagan then ordered the Navy to lob bombs into Beirut from the war ships. Reportedly, the bombs were the size of Volkswagens.

Then, immediately thereafter, Reagan invaded Grenada and rescued American students, in an heroic manner...

spartan61

(2,091 posts)

2. I certainly remember Beirut.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Tue Oct 29, 2013, 08:00 PM

Oct 2013

My husband was still in the Marine corps back then and for a week I didn't know if he was alive or dead. Finally I received a call from a reporter (Bernard Shaw) who called to tell me he was alive. I can't believe that this anniversary was totally ignored. My heart is still breaking for the families of those Marines who were killed.

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