Forty years after a terror attack claimed the lives of more than 200 Marines in Beirut, the names of 11 Virginians whose lives were lost that day are now etched into Shrine of Memory.
Forty years after a terror attack claimed the lives of more than 200 Marines in Beirut, the names of 11 Virginians whose lives were lost that day are now etched into Shrine of Memory.
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This October, the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond will commemorate and honor the U.S. Marines who died in the bombing of their barracks in Beirut, Lebanon in October 1983 with a special program and film premiere. The film, produced by the VWM in association with Blue Ridge PBS, is entitled “One Week In October” and
Forty years ago on October 23, 1983, 241 U.S. military personnel including 220 U.S. Marines were killed in the terrorist bombing of the Marine Barracks in…