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09-14-2006, 05:33
Beirut Remembrance Walk DC 2006 http://thewalk.beirutstamp.com
Contact: Bill Kibler (USMC Beirut Veteran)
2005 Columbia Pike #624
Arlington, VA 22204
703.209.USMC – cell
Bill @ beirutveterans. info (no spaces)
REVISED: August 31, 2006
Summary
On October 21-23, 2006, a group of people will walk in remembrance of those killed on October 23, 1983, while serving in Beirut, Lebanon. On Sunday, October 22, the walk will follow the White House Commission on Remembrance Ceremony being conducted at Section 59 in Arlington National Cemetery where 22 of those brave men are buried. The Ceremony begins at 12 Noon and the walk will start at 1:00pm.
"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."
-DoD Commission Report
"They Came In Peace"
On October 21-23, 2006, a group of people will walk in remembrance of those killed on October 23, 1983, while serving in Beirut, Lebanon. On Sunday, October 22, the walk will follow the White House Commission on Remembrance Ceremony being conducted at Section 59 in Arlington National Cemetery where 22 of those brave men are buried. The Ceremony begins at 12 Noon and the walk will start at 1:00pm.
The group encourages others to join the procession and walk a lap or three, 50 or even all. Each lap is approximately 1/2 mile around the pond/gardens and takes under 10 minutes to complete. Those not walking the full distance will be given an index card before each lap with a Marine, Sailor, or Soldier's name/information killed while serving as a Peacekeeper. After completion of the lap, participants are asked to sign the card on the back, and return it so someone else can walk in memory of that soldier. Those 'going the distance' will receive a roster with all the names/information accordingly, checking a name after each lap completed.
The walk is free and open to Beirut Veterans, Family Members, Veterans, Active Duty Military and the general public (Anyone affected by terrorism).
Contact: Bill Kibler (USMC Beirut Veteran)
2005 Columbia Pike #624
Arlington, VA 22204
703.209.USMC – cell
Bill @ beirutveterans. info (no spaces)
REVISED: August 31, 2006
Summary
On October 21-23, 2006, a group of people will walk in remembrance of those killed on October 23, 1983, while serving in Beirut, Lebanon. On Sunday, October 22, the walk will follow the White House Commission on Remembrance Ceremony being conducted at Section 59 in Arlington National Cemetery where 22 of those brave men are buried. The Ceremony begins at 12 Noon and the walk will start at 1:00pm.
"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."
-DoD Commission Report
"They Came In Peace"
On October 21-23, 2006, a group of people will walk in remembrance of those killed on October 23, 1983, while serving in Beirut, Lebanon. On Sunday, October 22, the walk will follow the White House Commission on Remembrance Ceremony being conducted at Section 59 in Arlington National Cemetery where 22 of those brave men are buried. The Ceremony begins at 12 Noon and the walk will start at 1:00pm.
The group encourages others to join the procession and walk a lap or three, 50 or even all. Each lap is approximately 1/2 mile around the pond/gardens and takes under 10 minutes to complete. Those not walking the full distance will be given an index card before each lap with a Marine, Sailor, or Soldier's name/information killed while serving as a Peacekeeper. After completion of the lap, participants are asked to sign the card on the back, and return it so someone else can walk in memory of that soldier. Those 'going the distance' will receive a roster with all the names/information accordingly, checking a name after each lap completed.
The walk is free and open to Beirut Veterans, Family Members, Veterans, Active Duty Military and the general public (Anyone affected by terrorism).