The Marine Corps has opened a new art exhibit at its national museum documenting the service’s 250th anniversary. It’s called “250 Years of Dedication, Determination and Courage,” and it celebrates ...

The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Fuld v. PLO is a step forward: Terror victims and their families can now file federal ...

A little more than forty years ago, in 1982, US Marines began a peacekeeping mission as part of a multinational force (MNF) in war torn Lebanon. The Marines were to maintain a visible “presence ...

On October 23, 1983, a group called Islamic Jihad -- later found to have links to Hezbollah -- claimed responsibility for killing 241 U.S. military personnel, including 220 Marines, 18 sailors ...

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 ...

This interview has been edited for length and style. A Marine Corps flag flies near Beirut Airport, Lebanon following the Marine barracks bombing there in October 1983. (AP Photo) ...

It was springtime 1983 in Beirut, Lebanon, just barely a month after the bombing of the U.S. Embassy. A young U.S. Marine corporal from Providence paid a visit to an even younger U.S. Marine ...

Facts On October 23, 1983, 241 US service personnel – including 220 Marines and 21 other service personnel – are killed by a truck bomb at a Marine compound in Beirut, Lebanon.

A scene from the carnage following the infamous attack by Islamic Amal and Hezbollah operatives against the US Marines Barracks in Beirut in October 1983 that killed 241 US soldiers. AFP via Getty ...

His Marine buddies were not Jewish, but they wanted to respect his heritage, so they requested a rabbi for a memorial service. Resnicoff made his way to Beirut and performed it, with hundreds of ...