Marine Barracks Bombing
Marine barracks bombingBritish soldiers give a hand in rescue operations at the site of the bomb wrecked u s.
Marine barracks bombing. The 241 marines and sailors killed in the explosion represented the largest loss of life in a single day for the marine corps since the battle of iwo jima in 1945. 23 1983 navy hospital corpsman james edward brown survived one of the deadliest terrorist attacks on americans. A bomb laden truck drove into the center. Within moments of the attack a second suicide bomber drove into the barracks of a french paratrooper detachment in west beirut.
Moreover the marine barracks bombing which was the deadliest terrorist attack against americans before the 9 11 attacks later inspired osama bin laden who viewed the united states as a paper. Marine barracks in beirut brown was at. October 23 1983 241 us service personnel including 220 marines and 21 other service personnel are killed by a truck bomb at a marine compound in beirut lebanon. Marine command center near beirut airport sunday oct.