Retired U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. James Hartsell, executive director of the Florida Department of Veterans Affairs, provides remarks during the Beirut Peacekeepers Tower Groundbreaking ceremony March 15, 2023, at the William R. Gaines Jr. Veterans Memorial Park in Port Charlotte, Florida. The ceremony was held approaching the 40th anniversary of the Beirut Bombing October 23, 1983 that killed 220 Marines, 18 Sailors, and three Soldiers. The tower will join many other monuments around the country that memorializes those who died in Beirut from 1982 to 1984. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Alexander Cook)
Date Taken: | 03.15.2023 |
Date Posted: | 03.15.2023 19:42 |
Photo ID: | 7683734 |
VIRIN: | 230315-F-BQ566-1021 |
Resolution: | 4639x3711 |
Size: | 5.71 MB |
Location: | PORT CHARLOTTE, FLORIDA, US |
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