1983 Beirut barracks bombing: ‘The BLT Building is gone!’ Later that month, the United States pulled the final Marines from the peacekeeping force out of Lebanon.

On Oct. 23, 1983, Marine Cpl. Thurnell “Chip” Shields lay on his cot on the third floor of the 1st Battalion, 8th Marines battalion landing team headquarters in Beirut when he was awakened by ...

Marine Sgt. William H. Pollard, left, was 24 when he died, one of the 241 U.S. troops killed in the Oct. 23, 1983 bombing attack on Marines in Beirut, Lebanon, the single deadliest day for the ...

This article first appeared in the Stars and Stripes Europe edition, July 16, 1958. It is republished unedited in its original form. BEIRUT — A battalion of American Marines swarmed ashore on ...

Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Aqil, whom Israel says was killed on Friday, was wanted for bombing the U.S Marine barracks and embassy in Beirut in 1983.

Forty-one years ago today, a Hezbollah affiliate rammed his yellow Mercedes stake-bed truck through a chest-high concertina ...

Thirty-nine years ago, Iran-sponsored terrorists drove a truck laden with explosives into the U.S. Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 241 U.S. service members — 220 Marines, 18 ...

On Oct. 23, 1983, U.S. Marines were targeted in a terrorist bombing attack on their Beirut barracks — 241 servicemen died that day 40 years ago. Bestselling author Jack Carr tells the story.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – As the war between Israel and Hamas rages, many pause to remember the bombing in Beirut, Lebanon that killed 241 Marines, soldiers and sailors 40 years ago.

Beirut Bombing 1983 - US Marine Barracks. Posted: January 15, 2025 | Last updated: January 15, 2025. A little more than forty years ago, in 1982, US Marines began a peacekeeping mission as part of ...

In this Oct. 25, 1983, file photo, U.S. Marine Corps Commandant Paul Kelley, left, awarded the Purple Heart to Marines wounded in the terrorist bombing in Beirut during a ceremony at the Wiesbaden ...

The Marines landed in Beirut in 1982 as a stabilizing force. The idea is if the Americans are there as a peacekeeping force along with the French, Italians and British, that we can provide some ...