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set off an estimated 21,000 pounds of TNT which first lifted the structure off the ground and then collapsed into a mass of concrete rubble.  <br\/> <\/div> <div dir=\"ltr\"> <br\/>When the dust had settled, 220 Marines with 1st Battalion, 8th Marines &#8211; Battalion Landing Team had perished along with 21 other service members, marking the deadliest day for the Corps since the Battle of Iwo Jima in Feb., 1945.  <br\/> <br\/> <br\/> <\/div> <div allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/video\/embed\/488928\" width=\"500\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/video\/embed\/488928\" width=\"500\"><\/iframe> <br\/> <br\/>The travesty was commemorated Sunday at the 33rd Beirut Memorial Observance ceremony at the Beirut Memorial in the Lejeune Memorial Gardens aboard Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, home to 1\/8.  <br\/> <br\/> <\/div> <div dir=\"ltr\">  Around 800 attended the event, the Jacksonville Daily News   <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jdnews.com\/news\/20161023\/community-camp-lejeune-come-together-to-remember-beirut-bombing\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Link: http:\/\/www.jdnews.com\/news\/20161023\/community-camp-lejeune-come-together-to-remember-beirut-bombing\">reported<\/a>.  <br\/> <\/div> <div dir=\"ltr\"> <br\/>President Ronald Reagan deployed the Marines to Lebanon in 1982 as part of a multinational security force to oversee a ceasefire brokered between Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organization.  <br\/> <\/div> <div dir=\"ltr\">  However, the Sept. 1982 assassination of Lebanese President-elect Bashir Gemayel reignited Lebanon&#8217;s civil war, and the Marines soon found themselves in the midst of a raging conflict.  <br\/> <\/div> <div dir=\"ltr\"> <br\/>The Islamic Republic of Iran sought to capitalize on the chaotic environment and set up shop in the Syrian-controlled Bekaa Valley to fund, arm and train Hezbollah fighters.  <br\/> <\/div> <div dir=\"ltr\">  The U.S. government would later directly link the attack to Hezbollah and Iran.  <br\/> <\/div> <div dir=\"ltr\"> <br\/>President Reagan withdrew the Marines from Lebanon in Feb., 1984.  <br\/> <\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marines mark 33rd anniversary of Beirut barracks bombing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":42174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":70,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[12,70],"tags":[],"coauthors":[1071],"class_list":["post-19263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-your-army"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"HF3VBV2CXBCXBPPGL5QZOSBKMU","arc_canonical_url":"\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2016\/10\/24\/marines-mark-33rd-anniversary-of-beirut-barracks-bombing\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Marines mark 33rd anniversary of Beirut barracks bombing - Army Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Marines mark 33rd anniversary of Beirut barracks bombing\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Marines mark 33rd anniversary of Beirut barracks bombing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Marines mark 33rd anniversary of Beirut barracks bombing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2016\/10\/24\/marines-mark-33rd-anniversary-of-beirut-barracks-bombing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Army Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-10-24T21:40:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-08T20:45:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Matthew L. 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