October 23, 1983

October 23, 2022

On this date in 1983, a suicide bomber at Beirut International Airport in Lebanon killed 220 U.S. Marines, 18 U.S. Navy sailors, and 3 U.S. Army soldiers.

A near-simultaneous attack on French forces killed 58 paratroopers.



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