RIP

[Marinevet1]

Prayers for all, Semper Fi to my brothers........

Oct.23, 1983

Beirut barracks blown up | October 23, 1983 | HISTORY

A suicide bomber drives a truck packed with explosives into the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, killing 241 U.S. military personnel. That same morning, 58 French soldiers were killed in their barracks two miles away in a separate suicide terrorist attack. The U.S. Marines were part of a...

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[10ring'r]

I crewed one of the C-141B's that brought the bodies back from that. Then spent 29 days assisting the Marine doc's in identifying those bodies (I wasn't the only one, sorry). Marines are definitely hardcore, they left the torso of the truck driver on a folding table for damn near two weeks before they identified it. Had to walk by the damn thing everyday. Kept all the Marines in refer trailers, until we could bring them out to the docs. We used two huge Field Tents for the exam areas. Was one of the suckiest times I had in my Mil. career. I was stationed at Rhein-Main A.B. during that time. Mac

 

[Slash0311]

God Speed and Semper Fi!

 

[Average guy]

Rest easy. Much respect