Between the banks of the Providence River and Dyer Street, a memorial honors the nine men who died on Oct. 23, 1983, when a Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, was bombed. Dedicated in 2020, the ...

(CNN) — Here is a look at the 1983 bombing of a Marine compound in Beirut, Lebanon, that killed 241 US service personnel. On October 23, 1983, 241 US service personnel – including 220 Marines and 21 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Dozens gathered Thursday morning at Remembrance Park to honor the fallen Marines commonly known as the ...

JACKSONVILLE, N.C.- (WNCT) The Jacksonville community, Beirut veterans and gold star families all gathered at Lejeune Memorial Gardens Thursday to mark the 42nd anniversary of the Beirut Barracks ...

William J. “Bill” Sickles Jr., a veteran of the Beirut peacekeeping effort during the Marine Barracks Bombing in 1983, recently died at his home in Willoughby. During his time in the Marine Corps from ...

Many in the United States are grieving the seven servicemembers who have died in the most recent conflict in Iran, but no matter the war or the uniform, the grief is often the same.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Dozens gathered Thursday morning at Remembrance Park to honor the fallen Marines commonly known as the Rhode Island IX. The Rhode Island IX were killed in a bombing attack in ...