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...estimated 175 U.S. Marines of Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, 24th Marine Amphibious Unit, the dusty field is home. One of several Marine contingents totaling 1,200 men ashore, Alpha Company landed in Lebanon more than three months ago amid hopes that its visit would be fairly placid. In three weeks of renewed violence, including 15 consecutive days when rockets and shells fell within the perimeter of the Marine encampment, the men have learned otherwise: all four American members of the multinational force killed in the recent attacks were from Alpha Company. Says Lance Corporal John Sexton...
...same year, after the Berlin Wall went up and the Soviets interfered with access to West Berlin, President Kennedy once more turned to a military display. He ordered 1,500 troops of the U.S. 8th Division to form a battle group and drive in armored trucks 110 miles through East Germany along the Helmstedt-Berlin autobahn. Critics called the move too provocative. Kennedy believed it a crucial symbol of his determination. The battle group made an uninterrupted journey and was effusively greeted in Berlin by Vice President Lyndon Johnson...
...Adam Cotsen '85 4:14:00 Kaarina Hollow '85 4:25:00 Wayne Meisel '82 4:30:00 Duby McDowell '83 4:30:00 Stephen Keeler '83 4:30:38 Tim Bechtold '84 4:52:00 Ann Skartvedt '84 4:52:00 Tim McGuire '83 5:04:00 *8th place **127th place (all other times unofficial...
...different ammunition. The army's supply depot was "a total nightmare," in the words of an American officer. Crates of military materiel airlifted from the U.S. in 1978 were unopened, and no one was sure of their contents. When Lebanese President Amin Gemayel ordered his army's 8th Brigade into East Beirut in February to take over security functions from the Lebanese Forces, the Phalangist-led coalition of Christian militias, the troops managed the 2½-mile deployment without a hitch. But their chow did not arrive until 18 hours later. Says a senior U.S. official: "The Lebanese...
...Generally, I'm in favor of ROTC," Swearer said in an interview on February 8th, "but this is no time for me to get involved. I'm just trying to chair this thing...