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The Marine Barracks at Beirut, Lebanon, was home to about 300 U.S. service members. On Oct. 23,1983, a suicide bomber driving a truck rammed into the barracks with 12,000 pounds of high explosives detonating one of the largest non-nuclear bombings in history. Of the 300 service members residing at the barracks, 241 were killed because of the blast and injuries sustained from the damage.
| Date Taken: | 10.23.2013 |
| Date Posted: | 10.23.2013 11:51 |
| Photo ID: | 1038755 |
| VIRIN: | 131011-M-ZZ999-003 |
| Resolution: | 887x610 |
| Size: | 180.88 KB |
| Location: | MARINE CORPS AIR STATION BEAUFORT, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
| Web Views: | 203 |
| Downloads: | 39 |
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