The current guardian of this Remembrance Page is CMDCM Matt Staden (Hagar the Horrible).
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"At approximately 0622 on Sunday, 23 Oct. 1983, the Battalion Landing Team headquarters building in the Marine Amphibious Unit compound at Beirut International Airport was destroyed by a terrorist bomb. The catastrophic attack took the lives of 241 Marines, sailors and soldiers and wounded more than 100 others. The bombing was carried out by one lone terrorist driving a yellow Mercedes Benz stake-bed truck that accelerated through the public parking lot south of the BLT headquarters building, where it exploded. The truck drove over the barbed and concertina wire obstacle, passed between two Marine guard posts without being engaged by fire, entered an open gate, passed around one sewer pipe barrier and between two others, flattened the Sergeant of the Guard's sandbagged booth at the building's entrance, penetrated the lobby of the building and detonated while the majority of the occupants slept. The force of the explosion [12,000 pounds] ripped the building from its foundation. The building then imploded upon itself. Almost all the occupants were crushed or trapped inside the wreckage."
George and I served in both the Naval Regional Medical Center Okinawa from 1979-1980 and in the 2nd Marine Division Camp LeJuene NC. I last saw George at the Divisions Surgeon's Office in June of 1982 as I checked out to my next duty station. I later found that he was lost in Oct 1983 in Lebanon along with several other friends.
I believe he had two small children and was married at one point to a PN or YN at least he was in Okinawa. I've attempted to list all the award I believe he would have had. It was my best guess regarding our tour of duties and deployment to Lebanon. Thank you HMCM Matt Staden
