Marine Barracks Oct. 23 1983

[Cornholeo]

[h=5]A moment of silence please:

Today, October 23rd, marks the 30th anniversary of the suicide bombing of the US barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. 241 American servicemen, including 220 Marines, 18 Sailors and three Soldiers died in the attack.[/h]Never Forget!

 

[Mortarman0341]

The Bradford pear trees that where planted in the median of the highway in front of Camp Lejeune where put there to remind us.... Drunks have been running them over for years and They are coming to the end of there lives and need replacing all at once, they have replaced them individually over the years from wrecks and disease but not many of the 241 trees are in good shape.

I don't even think people know why they are there.

Semper Fi Brothers! We won't forget!

 

[Darkside-Six]

RIP brothers. Semper Fi.

 

[Greg Langelius *]

Semper Fi

 

[sandwarrior]

This event also marks the coming up of the Grenada invasion, Operation Urgent Fury, as well. When we went on alert right after the barracks had been blown up we all thought it had to be for Beirut. We get to the briefing on the Sunday afternoon (the 23rd) and we get told we were going WHERE? Grenada? Some island off the coast of South America about 100 miles. Apparently, there seems to be a better reason for us to go there than Beirut. In the end, we did see the need to go there, with the political unrest and 260 American students being held hostage. But, many of us wished for the opportunity to go to Lebanon.

Only after I went into S-3, did I see how much logistics and intel it would eventually take to go there and actually do something productive. A quick strike in return, when you had nothing solid to hit, would do more damage than good.

RIP Brothers-in-Arms, Semper FI

 

[IdahoMike]

Never forgive.

 

[Doka]

They went with songs to the battle, they were young.
Straight of limb, true of eyes, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,
They fell with their faces to the foe.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.

They mingle not with their laughing comrades again;
They sit no more at familiar tables of home;
They have no lot in our labour of the day-time;
They sleep beyond their lands foam

Lest We Forget
We Will Remember Them




Its the Ode of Rememberance that we recite here in Australia on Anzac day, but in my book it applies to all those fallen in the line of duty.

 

[HD1911]

RIP Brothers

 

[Switchblade]

I knew I shouldn't have opened this one. I lost ten of my friends that day. We had 13 of us went to boot together, a few to the same schools, then we all went to our separate duty stations. Rest in Peace my Brother's. We had a good time before that fatal day!

Semper Superbia, my Brothers, Always Proud!

 

[Graham]

I remember.

And the loss that same year of a certain man who was fond of carrying a Walter on his ankle.

And I remember the long hunt for those responsible: Not a day wasted.


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[Finris]

Beirut The Paris of the Middle East! Lebanon has some very beautiful Mountains, some far more lovely than anything in Europe. Every time I'm in the states and I go to a Lebanese place to eat, they recognize me right off. The Lebanese Christians always come and say thank you, for stepping in and saving us from the slaughter.....Israel took the fight to Lebanon for our American friends....We sent many of those that did this deed to the great beyond, and lost some of the best of us for our trouble.

 

[Graham]

Once again the western powers play, while the Israelis do the heavy lifting...


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[ArcticLight]

I remember watching Ronald Reagans face when this happened. He was truly shocked.

We also lost 200 Army soldiers (was it 83?) in a plane crash. I forget the year but it seemed like it was around that time.

 

[pahker]

Semper Fi

 

[Greg Langelius *]

Semper Fi

S/F Pahker, when were you with 11EngrBn?

I was SvcCo, UtilPlt 6/66 to 6/67, 1141MOS.

Greg

 

[pmclaine]

I remember watching Ronald Reagans face when this happened. He was truly shocked.

We also lost 200 Army soldiers (was it 83?) in a plane crash. I forget the year but it seemed like it was around that time.

101st Airborne coming home. Plane when down in Newfoundland, Gander?

 

[Covert8645]

RIP brothers.

Semper Fi.

 

[shootist2004]

I still cant believe we didnt get any payback for that one..................
remember that Colonel that was kidnapped and lynched....
how can you just write that stuff off?

 

[RichJ]

I found this an interesting and disheartening read.
How a Terror Attack Against Our Marines — 30 Years Ago This Week — Reverberated Down the Decades - The New York Sun
Where are the George Pattons and Black Jack Pershings of our day

Rich

 

[Graham]

Marine Barracks Oct. 23 1983

I still cant believe we didnt get any payback for that one..................
remember that Colonel that was kidnapped and lynched....
how can you just write that stuff off?

None of it was written off, politics simply got in the way.

Regardless, from 1983-1987 Bob Baer was working on finding out who gave the order.

It's detailed well in his book: See No Evil. A good, realistic read.

 

[pahker]

S/F Pahker, when were you with 11EngrBn?

I was SvcCo, UtilPlt 6/66 to 6/67, 1141MOS.

Greg

Greg..1/67-/68...Ser Co. Utilities Plt. 1141...just got email from Bolinger..check out http://www.11thengineervietnamvetsusmc.org..best regards

 

[pahker]

S/F Pahker, when were you with 11EngrBn?

I was SvcCo, UtilPlt 6/66 to 6/67, 1141MOS.

Greg

Greg...1/67-1/68..SvcCo, UtilPlt, 1141 also.got email from Bollinger last week...check out 11th Engineers Vietnam Vets U.S.M.C./11th Engineer Battalion

S/F DP

 

[usmc02xx]

god bless, we remember you. Semper Fi.

 

[Greg Langelius *]

Pahker, just after New Year 67, I got sent up to run the Generator at Camp Carroll, then back for about a week, and then out to Hq/Hq 12th Marines Dong Ha. June 1, 67, I was PCS transferred to 1st AmTrac, Qua Viet. If I remember, right, Tall Paul was the Plt Leader, Capt Honse was the Co CO, and SGT Pulley was my Plt Sgt.

Yes, I know the website, and used to be a member of the 11th EngrBn Ass'n, including reunions when Charlie Luhan was doing things, but by the third reunion and only meeting guys from the second batch (post 11/67), I stopped participating.

Greg

 

[pahker]

Greg,

pm me
maybe you, me and Bollinger can get together, Bolloinger is in Flint Michigian I/m in Az///

 

[jbell]

A little late... SEMPER FI my brothers, and thank you to all!

 

[Swampy]

Gander plane crash on Dec 12, 1985, 256 members of the 101st were killed in the crash, no survivors. There are several different theories as to why it crashed.

https://www.cdli.ca/monuments/nf/gander2.htm

Arrow Air Flight 1285 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Sharpsman]

Read an AAR on this and it may have made a big difference IF...the Marine sentries on duty had been given ammo! MG was in place supposedly but.....no ammo and the truck just weaved it's way through the barricades and drove unmolested into the billets!!

Damn shame!

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_1...ssy-in-beirut-doesnt-meet-security-standards/

 

[hrfunk]

Semper Fi

HRF