October 20, 2025 - On Sunday morning, October 23, 1983, at 0622 hours, two truck bombs detonated by suicide bombers struck a Marine compound in Beirut, Lebanon, that housed 300 service members of the Multination Force during a peacekeeping operation in the Lebanese Civil War. Killed were 220 Marines, 18 sailors, and three soldiers, making this incident the deadliest single-day death toll for the US Marine Corps since the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II.
In honor and remembrance of the 241 US service personnel who died that day 42 years ago, Shelby County Memorial VFW Post 8904 and the Auxiliary will have a wreath laying at the Veterans Memorial, 1885 Historic Courthouse, Center, Texas, at 10am, Thursday, October 23, 2025. As always, fellow veterans and the public are cordially invited to attend.
