Between the banks of the Providence River and Dyer Street, a memorial honors the nine men who died on Oct. 23, 1983, when a ...

in war torn Lebanon. The Marines were to maintain a visible “presence” in the capital of Beirut, in the hopes that it would deter further bloodshed among the various warring factions and ...

But instead of withdrawing forces, President Reagan deployed an additional 2,000 Marines to Beirut by mid-September 1983. The arrival in Lebanon of more American soldiers was met with swift and ...

In the Lebanon of 1983, car bombings were so frequent ... victims of sniper attacks on the Marine base at the Beirut Airport. As Marine casualties mounted, some members of Congress pressed ...

Hizballah has been connected with a number of notorious incidents, including the 1983 ... of Beirut; the northern Biqaa valley, and Ba'albak in particular, and in parts of southern Lebanon ...