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Published: 23 October 2019 23 October 2019

It was 36 years ago today, that until 11 Sep 2001, the most horrific terrorist attack was committed against the US was the Beirut Barracks bombing. It seems that people have decided it is a footnote in History, but to those of us who have served, and especially US Marines and Corpsman it will never be forgotten. 220 Marines, 18 Sailors, and three soldiers were killed in their barracks and a further 128 were wounded when an Iranian backed group known as Islamic Jihad (later known as Hezbollah) detonated a truck bomb at this barracks. Those troops were there as peacekeepers supporting a UN mission following the 1982 Israel/PLO War, in order to provide safety to those in Beirut who had been stricken by that War.

As a recently retired Marine, I still feel betrayed by those who have given money as well as their supporters to the Terrorist backing regime of Iran. That same regime who is responsible for so many of my brothers and sisters servicemembers blood who have served in Lebanon as peacekeepers, in Iraq, and Afghanistan.

I pledge that I will never forget. Their is a debt that is owed.

Semper Fi
Major Cameron F. Clark USMC Retired