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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. Mountain War (Lebanon) - Wikipedia

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    USS New Jersey fires a salvo against anti-government militia forces in the Chouf, 9 January 1984. On 5 January, the Lebanese Government announced that a disengagement plan to demilitarize Beirut and its environs had been approved by Israel, Syria, the Lebanese Forces, and the Shia Amal and Druze PSP/PLA militias.

  4. Multinational Force in Lebanon - Wikipedia

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    The battleship USS New Jersey arrived in Lebanese waters on September 25. A ceasefire was instituted that same day and Beirut International Airport reopened five days later. On October 1, 1983, Walid Jumblatt announced a separate governmental administration for the Shuf and called for the mass defection of all Druze elements from the LAF.

  5. Who are the Rhode Island Nine? The stories behind the ... - AOL

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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 ...

  6. USS New Jersey (BB-62) - Wikipedia

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    One of USS New Jersey's original gun barrels from 1943 to 1954 now sits on the northwest corner of the Marine Parade Grounds alongside Broad Street and Intrepid Avenue in Philadelphia. Another original gun barrel is located in Camden, next to USS New Jersey, and a third is on display in Basking Ridge, New Jersey. A propeller is on display in ...

  7. Maintaining a memorial. The Battleship prepares to ... - AOL

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    The departure date depends on the availability of the shipyard, the same one where the USS New Jersey was built in the early 1940s. Workers recently removed the ship's mast and radar array ...

  8. USS New Jersey, the most complex warfare submarine ... - AOL

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    The new USS New Jersey is prepared to continue the legacy of the ships with the same name that preceded it, being now the most complex warfare machine ever built in the U.S. said the vessel's ...

  9. File:USS New Jersey firing in Beirut, 1984.jpg - Wikipedia

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