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Air Force Regional Medical Center. General Paul X. Kelley, Commandant of the Marine Corps, visits with a Marine who was injured when a terrorist bomb destroyed the Marine barracks and headquarters building in Beirut, Lebanon
Air Force Regional Medical Center. General Paul X. Kelley, Commandant of the Marine Corps, visits with a Marine who was injured when a terrorist bomb destroyed the Marine barracks and headquarters building in Beirut, Lebanon
Members of the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron carry a wounded Marine on a litter toward a bus that will transport him to Weisbaden Air Force Regional Medical Center. The Marine was injured during a terrorist bomb attack on the Marine barracks and headquarters building in Beirut, Lebanon
Wounded Marines are secured on stretchers aboard a C-141 Starlifter aircraft for return back to the United States. The Marines were injured when a terrorist bomb destroyed their barracks and headquarters building in Beirut, Lebanon
Medical supplies are inventoried inside a processing center in preparation for Marine casualties arriving from Beirut, Lebanon. The casualties are the result of a terrorist bomb attack at the Marine barracks and headquarters building
Wounded Marines, Lance Corporal Mike J. Balcolm and Sergeant First Class Elvin H. Henry, at the United States Air Force Regional Medical Center. These Marines are among the casualties that resulted from a terrorist bomb attack at the Marine barracks and headquarters building
The bombed remains of the U.S. Marine barracks at Beirut International Airport stand as a reminder of the terrorist attack in which 241 Marines lost their lives. Plastic flowers and a utility cap are placed in the foreground in memory of the dead. The Marines have been deployed in Lebanon as part of a multi-national peacekeeping force following confrontation between Israeli forces and Palestine Liberation Organization
The bombed remains of the U.S. Marine barracks at Beirut International Airport stand as a reminder of the terrorist attack in which 241 Marines lost their lives. Plastic flowers and a utility cap are placed in the foreground in memory of the dead. The Marines have been deployed in Lebanon as part of a multi-national peacekeeping force following confrontation between Israeli forces and the Palestine Liberation Organization
A Marine casualty lies in a transfer case at the processing center where X-rays and autopsies are being performed. The casualties are the result of a terrorist bomb attack at the Marine barracks and headquarters building in Beirut, Lebanon
German police and Air Force security guards provide security at the United States Air Force Regional Medical Center as wounded Marines arrive from Beirut, Lebanon. The Marines are casualties of a terrorist bomb attack at the Marine barracks and headquarters building
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Weisbaden
Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)
Scene Camera Operator: Robert C. Keffer
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
The United States Marine Corps traces its roots to the Continental Marines of the American Revolutionary War, formed by a resolution of the Second Continental Congress on 10 November 1775. That date is celebrated as the Marine Corps's birthday. Throughout the late 19th and 20th centuries, Marine detachments served aboard Navy cruisers, battleships, and aircraft carriers. About 600,000 Americans served in the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II, performed a central role in the Pacific War. The Pacific theatre battles saw fierce fighting between Marines and the Imperial Japanese Army. The Battle of Iwo Jima was arguably the most famous Marine engagement of the war with high losses of 26,000 American casualties and 22,000 Japanese. By the end of WWII, the Corps expanded totaling about 485,000 Marines. Nearly 87,000 Marines were casualties during World War II (including nearly 20,000 killed), and 82 were awarded the Medal of Honor. The Korean War saw the Corps expand from 75,000 regulars to a force of 261,000 Marines, mostly reservists. 30,544 Marines were killed or wounded during the war. During Vietnam War Marines evacuated Saigon. Vietnam was the longest war for Marines. By its end, 13,091 had been killed in action, 51,392 had been wounded. Marines participated in the failed 1980 Iran hostage rescue attempt, the invasion of Grenada, the invasion of Panama. On 23 October 1983, the Marine headquarters building in Beirut, Lebanon, was bombed, causing the highest peacetime losses to the Corps in its history. 220 Marines and 21 other service members were killed. Marines liberated Kuwait during the Persian Gulf War, participated in combat operations in Somalia (1992–1995), and took part in the evacuation of American citizens from the US Embassy in Tirana, Albania. Following the attacks on 11 September 2001, Marine Corps, alongside the other military services, has engaged in global operations around the world in support of War on Terror. Marines were among first sent to Afghanistan in November 2001. Since then, Marine battalions and squadrons have been engaging Taliban and Al-Qaeda forces. U.S. Marines also served in the Iraq War.