{"id":70228,"date":"2023-10-23T07:00:13","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T12:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/?p=70228"},"modified":"2023-10-23T05:55:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T10:55:28","slug":"know-your-usmc-history-the-beirut-barracks-bombing-october-23-1983","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/23\/know-your-usmc-history-the-beirut-barracks-bombing-october-23-1983\/","title":{"rendered":"Know Your USMC History: The Beirut Barracks Bombing (October 23, 1983)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70230\" src=\"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/beirut-1983-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/beirut-1983-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/beirut-1983-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/beirut-1983-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/beirut-1983-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/beirut-1983-1-850x850.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/inteltoday.org\/2023\/10\/23\/40-years-ago-the-beirut-barracks-bombings-october-23-1983-hezbollah-or-islamic-jihad\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">40 Years Ago \u2014 The Beirut Barracks Bombings (October 23, 1983)<\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>The Beirut barracks bombings were terrorist attacks that occurred on October 23, 1983, in Beirut, Lebanon, during the Lebanese Civil War when two truck bombs struck separate buildings housing United States and French military forces \u2014 members of the Multinational Force in Lebanon (MNF) \u2014 killing 241 U.S. Marines and 58 French servicemen, six civilians, and the two suicide bombers.<\/h2>\n<h2>Never Forget.<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-70070 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/USMC-emblem.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/USMC-emblem.jpg 600w, https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/USMC-emblem-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/USMC-emblem-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>40 Years Ago \u2014 The Beirut Barracks Bombings (October 23, 1983) &nbsp; 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