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  2. 1983 Beirut barracks bombings - Wikipedia

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    6 June 1982 – Israel undertakes military action in Southern Lebanon: Operation "Peace for Galilee." 23 August 1982 – Bachir Gemayel is elected to be Lebanon's president. 25 August 1982 – A MNF of approximately 400 French, 800 Italian soldiers and 800 marines of the 32nd Marine Amphibious Unit (MAU) are deployed in Beirut as part of a peacekeeping force to oversee the evacuation of ...

  3. Who are the Rhode Island Nine? The stories behind the Marines ...

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    Between the banks of the Providence River and Dyer Street, a memorial honors the nine men who died on Oct. 23, 1983, when a Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, was bombed.. Dedicated in 2020, the ...

  4. Beirut (film) - Wikipedia

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    Beirut, also known as The Negotiator in the United Kingdom, [2] is a 2018 American political thriller film [3] directed by Brad Anderson and written by Tony Gilroy.. Set in 1982 during the Lebanese Civil War, the film stars Jon Hamm as Mason Skiles, a former U.S. diplomat who returns to service in Beirut in order to save a colleague from the group responsible for the death of Skiles' wife.

  5. List of films featuring the United States Marine Corps

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    The film, based on the book of the same name by Richard Tregaskis, recounts the United States Marines in the Battle of Guadalcanal, only a year before the movie's release. 1943 Gung Ho! Ray Enright: Randolph Scott: The story is loosely based on the Makin Island raid in 1942.

  6. Lebanon (film) - Wikipedia

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    Lebanon (Hebrew: לבנון Lvanon; called Lebanon: The Soldier's Journey in the UK) is a 2009 war drama film written and directed by Samuel Maoz. [2] It won the Golden Lion at the 66th Venice International Film Festival, [3] becoming the first Israeli-produced film to have won that honour. In Israel itself the film has caused some controversy. [4]

  7. Lebanese Civil War - Wikipedia

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    This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Lebanese Civil War Part of the Cold War, Arab Cold War, Arab–Israeli conflict, Iran–Israel and Iran–Saudi proxy wars Left-to-right from top: Monument at Martyrs' Square in the city of Beirut ; the USS New Jersey firing a salvo off of the Lebanese coast; smoke seen rising from the ruins of the ...

  8. 'Not above the law': Families of Marines killed in crash push ...

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  9. List of stories set in a future now in the past - Wikipedia

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    The second major part of the story occurs in 2014–15 where society has become a dystopia ruled by the Friend Democratic Party. The live-action film series sets some of its events in 2015. 334: Novel 1972 2025 Birth control and eugenics are used to control overpopulation. 7th Dragon 2020: Video game 2011 2020 Dragons invade Tokyo.