Bad Hair Day in Beirut - 23 OCT 1983

[Richard]

Originally Posted by Conrad Y

Those poor guys were not allowed to have mags in their guns because it looked too "aggressive" for a peace-keeping mission.

Just another good reason to ensure your beret is rifle green and not blue (UN) or orange (MFO)!

Richard's $.02

[zauber1]

The US Army lost three (3) soldiers that day. Here is their story:

http://sill-www.army.mil/famag/1989/...AGES_26_27.pdf

[Atilla]

Semper Fidelis, RIP

[lindy]

I apologize for the late post but I only recently returned to CONUS.

In my current position, I have been posted overseas a few years and, now that I'm back in CONUS, I TDY to various Posts all over the world.

At 0900 on 23 October 2009, the ENTIRE Embassy staff, American and Locally Employed Staff, gathered at the Memorial on the Embassy compound to remember the events of that day 26 years ago. The Ambo gave a speech which outlined what happened that day (I only remember the Time Magazine cover) and then recounted the three follow-on attacks of the US Embassy in Beirut. An undersecretary from SecDef also spoke about how important our cooperation with the Government of Lebanon is to US interests in the region.

After the memorial service, all USG employees in my office returned to work with a more focused sense of duty and conviction.

Rest In Peace Teufel Hunden.