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    Remembering Beirut

    MARINE CORPS AIR STATION BEAUFORT, SOUTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES

    10.23.2013

    Courtesy Photo

    Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort

    Brian Kirkpatrick (bottom row, center), a combat engineer attached to the "C" Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, 24th Marine Amphibious Unit, takes a picture with his squad (Kirk's Knights) during peacekeeping operations in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1983. Kirkpatrick is a survivor of the 1983 Marine Barracks bombing in Beirut, Lebanon. 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.

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    Date Taken: 10.23.2013
    Date Posted: 10.23.2013 11:51
    Photo ID: 1038761
    VIRIN: 131011-M-ZZ999-011
    Resolution: 711x635
    Size: 199.32 KB
    Location: MARINE CORPS AIR STATION BEAUFORT, SOUTH CAROLINA, US

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