Today in History: 1983 Beirut barracks bombings
- Posted on October 23, 2024
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Today in History: 1983 Beirut barracks bombings
On Oct. 23, 1983, 241 U.S. service members, most of them Marines, were killed in a suicide truck-bombing at the U.S. Marine Corps barracks at Beirut International Airport in Lebanon, while a near-s…