来自MSN23 天
Beirut Bombing 1983 - US Marine Barracks
The Marines were to maintain a visible “presence” in the capital of Beirut, in the hopes that it would deter further bloodshed among the various warring factions and militias fighting for ...
The American Conservative7 年
Setting the Record Straight: The Beirut Barracks Bombing
According to Pence and McMaster, the attack on the Marine (and French ... search for casualties following the barracks bombing in Beirut on October 23, 1983. (Department of Defense) But shortly ...
PBS6 年
A History of Hezbollah
On October 23, 1983, a truck bomb destroyed the U.S. Marine barracks at the Beirut airport, killing 241 American soldiers. Until September 11, 2001, this was considered the greatest loss in U.S ...
PBS10 年
Target America
Over the decades, incident followed incident - the bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, the killing of American soldiers in a Berlin nightclub, the downing of Pan Am 103, and the first ...