★★★ Memorial Monday ★★★
Forty years ago today - October 23, 1983 - four Naval Academy alumni were among those killed in the bombing of the Marine barracks at Beirut, Lebanon.
Captain Vincent Smith, USMC '76
Lieutenant James Surch, Jr., USN '77
1st Lieutenant Donald Woollett, USMC '80
1st Lieutenant David Nairn, USMC '81
All were members of the 1st Battalion, 8th Marines.
The annual Beirut Memorial Observance is scheduled for 10:30AM today (Monday, 10/23), at Lejeune Memorial Gardens, 100 Montford Landing Road, Jacksonville, North Carolina. Organized by the Beirut Memorial Advisory Board and the City of Jacksonville (NC) in cooperation with MCB Camp Lejeune, the observance honors those killed and the survivors of the Beirut bombing. This ceremony is open to the public, and will also be live-streamed on the City of Jacksonville Facebook page and available for viewing on G10TV, G10TV.org, and the City's Youtube channel. (Thank you to CAPT Allan Nadolski, USN (Ret.) '77 for this information.)
To Honor! ⚓
https://usnamemorialhall.org/index.php/Category:Beirut_Bombing